Lao Tse is a contestant in the Invitation Chess Championship representing Egypt.
History[]
The Tournament[]
In 1546, the leadership in the Chin lands received a letter from Sultan Suleiman of the Ottoman Empire to announce that he was going to be holding a chess tournament, and requested that they send their best player to Constantinople to determine the champion of the known world. Lao Tse's chess skills were soon determined to be the best of the Han people, and so he was sent off with a delegation to Constantinople.
Lao and his delegation were present during the opening banquet, and Bess noted his appearance as an Oriental from the lands at "the end of the Silk Road".
At the drawing for the tournament the following day, Lao's name was selected for the seventh matchup, in which he would be facing against Nasiruddin Akbar of the Moghul Empire.
Lao soon had his match against Nasiruddin, however he lost the majority of the seven matches against his opponent, and was thus eliminated from the Championship.
Skills[]
- Expert Chess Player: Lao is a highly-skilled chess player, one whose skills were considered the best of the Han people. This got him chosen to represent his homeland at the Invitational Chess Championship, though he was beaten in the first round by Nasiruddin.
Trivia[]
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