Native Washingtonian Raymond Rouse will never forget his introduction 20 years ago to the game of chess nor his almost immediate attraction to the popular pastime requiring the fast-paced tactical and strategic moves of pawns, bishops, rooks and a queen whose origins date back nearly 1,500 years to India around the 6th century AD.
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