A strange little side quest
Prime Snooker Showdown has plenty of company in a long tradition of players chasing timing, patterns and better decisions. Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Archery was already on the Olympic programme in 1900, boxing joined the modern Games in 1904, and basketball became a medal sport in 1936. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Prime Snooker Showdown feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
