Day: December 18, 2023

Benjamin Franklin, “The Morals of Chess,” and History’s “Most Universal Game”

Benjamin J. Swenson
December 18, 2023
18th century
chess
France
history
international relations
the history avenue

One of the most popular and novel games among educated citizens in colonial America was chess, and one of its most prominent advocates was the polymath and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

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