Rear Window - Indian chess champions of the early 20th century

Rear Window - Indian chess champions of the early 20th century

A weekly program of pop culture critique, focusing on a particular film, book, musician, or other example of pop-culture. Today's program tells the true story of two Indian servants who played the British Empire at chess and won. Sultan Khan, Indian servant to Sir Umar Tiwana, won the British Chess Championship in three of four tries in 1929, 1932, and 1933. This placed him among the top ten players in the world. Miss Fatima, meanwhile, also a servant to Sir Umar Tiwana, played Winston Churchill and Queen Mary.


User: teleSUR English

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Uploaded: 2014-12-18

Duration: 11:21

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