Chess was invented in India by Sissa, a scientist.
Raja Balhait, somewhere in western India, had asked his advisers Sissa to create a game that demonstrated the values of prudence, diligence, foresight, and knowledge. Sissa brought a chessboard to the raja and explained that he had chosen war as a model for the game because war was the most effective school in which to learn the values of decision, vigor, endurance, circumspection, and courage.
ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaturanga
