A Tibetan chessboard dating back to the Tibetan Tubo Kingdom more than 1，000 years ago， has been discovered in southwest Chinas Sichuan Province.

The chessboard was carved on a huge rock， located around 30 km away from Garze County.

It said the ancient chess game was once very popular among Tibetan upper classes. Different from the western chessboard， the Tibetan board， though has a square shape， its side was divided into ten parts， resulting in a total of 100 squares. The side of each square is around 2.5 centimeters.

○四川發现古藏棋盘

中国西南部的四川省发现了一个藏棋棋盘，其历史可以追溯到1000多年前的吐蕃王国。

棋盘是刻在距甘孜县30公里的一块巨大岩石上的。

据说古代藏棋曾在藏族上层非常流行。藏棋棋盘不同于西方的棋盘，虽然是方形的，但它的纵横各十道线，共有100格。每个正方形的边长约为2.5厘米。