Lost History #322 - Revolution of the Fish Part 1 In 1666, there was a great fire in London, which is commonly referred to as The Great Fire of London. The King, Charles II, was so keen to look good and make up for all the bad things that had happened which hadn't been his fault that century (gunpowder terrorists, war, Oliver Cromwell, plague, and finally, the big fire), that he decided to give away all the royal chess sets he owned, which was many. He waited until the fire had been put out to do so. However, the peasants knew not how the board and pieces worked, for the king failed to be in possession of any sort of rule book. He had been heir not only to the throne of England but to the rules of chess and, upon his eventual coronation, suddenly, yet quite naturally, gained the knowledge of how to play chess (he was The King, after all, and this is what happens when one becomes monarch - not that most of us will know what that feels like). He attempted an oral explanation, but no...