Game of Chess

If that's hard to satisfy, you can be happy. You didn't live in 17th century England. In those days, a pound of sugar cost as much as 14 chickens. Do you leave it or not? In a moment, I'll tell you how a game of chess was fatal to a sultan.

Sultan Malik al-Saleef Na'jim al-Dain Ayub ruled Egypt from 1240 to 1249. The monarch incurred the hatred of his wife, who decided to liquidate her husband. He was a chess addict who played the game every night, squatting barefoot on the floor in oriental fashion.

On the night of November 20th, 1249, the Queen saturated the floor mat with some highly corrosive substance. As a result, the Sultan contracted a gangrenous sore and died 48 hours later. They leave it or not.