Скачать или смотреть Checkmate? Purists fight to revive Myanmar's ancient chess

Myanmar's ancient form of chess, Sittuyin, has retreated into the sporting wilderness, due to a scarcity of traditional chess sets and a dearth of available knowledge about the rules.

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