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and Echo devices. Hey kid, I know we've talked before about board games.

Go ahead, shout out your favorite. Nice, I heard monopoly, clue, battleship, risk,

candy land. Great games, many of which were made by my old friends Milton Bradley and George Parker.

Without a doubt, I am the greatest board game maker of all time.

I myself invented more than 100 games, which would make me the greatest board

game maker. Now wait a second, Parker. You wait a second, Bradley.

But you know which board game is the most popular of all time, worldwide. You could say it's the

king and queen of board games. In fact, that's also a clue. As in, among the 32 pieces for this game,

there's a king and queen. Did you guess it? That's right. It's chess. Boring. Wait, who said that?

I did. Chess is boring. Sorry, not sorry. While you're entitled to your opinion, I must beg to

differ. Chess is actually pretty exciting. Um, I see old people playing it in the park. Old people

equals boring. Oh yeah. Well, what if I told you the story of how chess was created? Included wars,

invasions, and fake robots. Fake robots? I'm listening. Oh, that's just the beginning.

Chess is one of the few games that people of all ages can play. And there are literally millions

of different combinations and ways to win. Okay, I guess that's kind of cool. Oh, trust me,

it's cool. But who invented chess? Why do the pieces have funny names? And what the heck is a

grandmaster? You're asking me? Nope, but I'm about to tell you. It's time for another

whiff of science and history. On.

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