Italy vs. Costa Rica Time: 12pm EDT Location: Arena Pernambuco in Recife Fun Fact: Marostica, Italy is known as the “City of Chess.” Every even-numbered year on the second weekend in September, Partita a Scacchi di Marostica (a human chess game) takes place in the city. The story that’s re-enacted during the living game, involving costumed participants and human chess-pieces, is of a local ruler with a beautiful daughter. She had two suitors but instead of letting them fight a duel, the lord proposed a chess match with the winner receiving her hand in marriage and the loser marrying her younger sister. Another interesting fact is that human chess is also one of the reasons #whywesold.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:53:00 +0000
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