1400 years ago the Emperor of India has sent the game Chess, with an accompanying letter to the Persian Emperor.
The letter had nothing but the following:

"To his highness, the Emperor of Persia,

Whoever thinks more
Whoever knows more
Whoever sees the future better
Wins
This is life...."




The Persian Emperor shares this message with his minister Buzur Mehir who is considered the wisest of all, and asks him to invent a game to send to the Indian Emperor back as a present.
The minister, after studying and understanding the strategy of Chess and movements of its each piece, invents the game Backgammon and presentsit to the Emperor.

Then they send the backgammon set to the Indian Emperor with a note that reads:

"To his highness Emperor of India,

Yes, whoever thinks more
Whoever knows more
Whoever sees the future better
Wins
But there has to be a little luck too.
This is the real life......"