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Description acceptable. Babylonian instructions for engaging in a type of this activity were deciphered by Irving Finkel and are similar to those used by Jews in Kochi, India as late as the 1950s. Calligraphy, painting, playing an instrument, and engaging in a form of this activity constitute China’s four cultivated arts. An object for engaging in this activity with elaborate inlaid red limestone was excavated by Leonard Woolley at (*) Ur. An ancient Egyptian form of this activity was called senet. A Japanese school for a type of this activity originated the dan ranking system. In 1972, Boris Spassky was defeated in a form of this activity in the “Match of the Century” against Bobby Fischer. For 10 points, name this activity that might involve a Go board. ■END■
ANSWER: playing a board game [accept answers like playing chess or playing the Royal Game of Ur or playing Aasha or playing a tabletop game or gaming; accept playing Go or playing senet until read; prompt on playing; reject “video games” or “card games”]
<Abhinav Rachakonda, History - Cross, Historiography, and Miscellaneous> ~28057~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
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