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The first prototype of Chess, as made by Garry Chess
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Holy hell
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This is actually chess 0.0.2 in 0.0.1 and 0.0.0 Garry only had black squares. 0.0.2 was revolutionary when it came out.
The first version had a single square and two kings, but didn't really play well. More pieces and squares were added to stop the constant stalemates.