The City of Human Chess
Travel back in time to a small Italian town. Two suitors are in love with a young woman and challenge each other to a duel. Her father forbids the encounter, declaring that the two rivals would play a chess game and human actors representing the pieces would show the moves as they were made. Since 1923, the town has celebrated this part of its history with a performance in its main square.
Travel back in time to a small Italian town. Two suitors are in love with a young woman and challenge each other to a duel. Her father forbids the encounter, declaring that the two rivals would play a chess game and human actors representing the pieces would show the moves as they were made. Since 1923, the town has celebrated this part of its history with a performance in its main square.
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