Chess fun facts

Here are some fun facts about chess:

• A village in India is addicted to chess after one man taught everyone how to play 50 years ago.
• Ossip Bernstein was a famous chess grandmaster, who was sentenced to death by the Bolsheviks in 1918. While he was facing the firing squad, a Russian officer that heard his name offered him the chance to prove his identity in a game of chess. He beat the officer and was released.
• There’s a company that specializes in making hidden rooms for your home. One requires a chess board played in a certain combination to unlock.