Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Makruk (Thai: หมากรุก; RTGS: Mak Ruk; [màkrúk]), or Thai chess, is a board game descended from the 6th-century Indian game of chaturanga or a close relative thereof, and therefore related to chess. It is regarded as the most similar living game to this common ancestor of all chess variants.There are around two million Thais who can play makruk, while 5000 can play chess.According to former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik, "Makruk Thai is more strategic than international chess.. }
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- Makruk comment "Makruk (Thai: หมากรุก; RTGS: Mak Ruk; [màkrúk]), or Thai chess, is a board game descended from the 6th-century Indian game of chaturanga or a close relative thereof, and therefore related to chess. It is regarded as the most similar living game to this common ancestor of all chess variants.There are around two million Thais who can play makruk, while 5000 can play chess.According to former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik, "Makruk Thai is more strategic than international chess.".