Story highlights The top Saudi cleric says chess is "forbidden"

It is unclear when the comments were made

(CNN) So does everyone need to roll up their rooks and box up their bishops?

Maybe not, but some people in Saudi Arabia might be wondering.

Saudi's grand mufti, the kingdom's top cleric, was appearing on a religious TV channel, taking questions about faith and sin and that sort of thing.

And he got one about chess.

Not one to hesitate, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin-Abdullah al-Sheikh said chess and similar games are "forbidden" in Islam because they're a form of gambling.

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