Why are there 64 squares on a chessboard? Why not 128, or 32? Where did the golden number come from?

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Well if it was 32 or 128 then the board could'nt be square for a start. Don't think it is based on any "golden" number. Nobody is sure who invented it or where or exactly when. Most probably it may be Chinese, Indian or Greek. It may be based on other games, probably the strategy game "GO" The invention of chess is probably at least 2,000 years old and has been attributed variously to Arabians, Babylonians, Castilians, Chinese, Irish, Jews, Persians, Romans, Scythians, and Welsh. The Greeks claimed that Aristotle invented chess, but no such source is truly reliable. The board itself is likely to have been invented by the Hindus (4,000 B.C.), and we know that Queen Nefertari, wife of Pharaoh Rameses II, played a board game in ancient Egypt (1,300 B.C.) that looked like chess, but evidence exists that these early versions of chess may have been played with dice. Aug 23 03, 8:20 PM

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