Caïssa

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  1. A Thracian dryad who is portrayed as the goddess of chess
    — The Birmingham Meeting would take place shortly after his arrival — the prospect exhibited an opportunity of contest with players of great fame, but above all he looked forward to a struggle with the representative of English Chess, whose name was known and whose reputation was established wherever the votaries of Caïssa dwelt.

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Invented in 1763 by William Jones for his poem Caïssa.
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