Caissa
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Caissa is a Greek dryad venerated as the goddess of chess. The myth originated in a poem called Caissa, written in 1763 in Latin as hexameters by Sir William Jones. In the poem, Caissa repelled the advances of the Greek God of War, Mars, who received the advice of the God of Sport, which was to create a game for her, that game being chess.
Caissa is quite frequently referred to in chess commentary. Garry Kasparov uses this reference now and again, especially in his epic volume My Great Predecessors. It is used as a substitute for being lucky - Caissa was with me - especially in unclear situations, for example in sacrifices. Caissa as a concept has also been explored by some who seek the evidence of the sacred feminine in chess, those who use the superiority of the queen as another example of this.