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1. Knights Templar playing chess, Libro de los juegos, 1283

2. The history of chess spans over 1500 years. The earliest predecessor of the game probably
originated in India, before the 6th century AD; a minority of historians believe the game originated
in China. From India, the game spread toPersia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken
up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into
roughly its current form in the 15th century. The “Romantic Era of Chess” was the
predominant Chess playing style down to the 1880s. It was characterized by swashbuckling attacks,
clever combinations, brash Piece Sacrifices and dynamic games. Winning was secondary to winning
with style. These games were focused more on artistic expression, rather than technical mastery or
long-term planning. The Romantic era of play was followed by the Scientific, Hypermodern, and New
Dynamism eras.
In the second half of the 19th century, modern Chess Tournament play began, and the first World
Chess Championshipwas held in 1886. The 20th century saw great leaps forward in and the
establishment of the World Chess Federation (). Developments in the 21st century include use
of computers for analysis, which originated in the 1970s with the first programmed chess games on the
market. Online Gaming appeared in the mid-1990s

3. This is the original size and shape of a chess
Piece early 1920’s

4. Many countries claim to have invented the chess game in some incipient form. The most commonly held belief is that
chess originated in India, where it was called Chaturanga, which appears to have been invented in the 6th century AD.
Although this is commonly believed, it is thought that Persians created a more modern version of the game after the
Indians. In fact, the oldest known chess pieces have been found in excavations of ancient Persian territories.
Another theory exists that chess arose from the similar game of Chinese chess, or at least a predecessor thereof,
existing in China since the 2nd century BC. Joseph Needham and David Li are two of many scholars who have
favored this theory.
Chess eventually spread westward to Europe and eastward as far as Japan, spawning variants as it went. One theory
suggests that it migrated from India to Persia, where its terminology was translated into Persian, and its name changed
to chatrang. The entrance of chess into Europe, notably, is marked by a massive improvement in the powers of the
queen. The oldest known texts describing chess seem to indicate a bi-directional spread from the Persian empire. In
fact, the oldest known reference points to Shah Ardashir as being a master of the game, his rule was from 224 - 241
AD. This would indicate that chess was invented some time before his rule.
From Persia it entered the Islamic world, where the names of its pieces largely remained in their Persian forms in early
Islamic times. Its name became shatranj, which continued in Spanish as ajedrez and in Greek as zatrikion, but in most
of Europe was replaced by versions of the Persian word shah = "king".
There is a theory that this name replacement happened because, before the game of chess came to Europe,
merchants coming to Europe brought ornamental chess kings as curiosities and with them their name shah, which
Europeans mispronounced in various ways.

5. * Checkmate: This is the English rendition of shah mat, which is Persian for "the king is finished".
* Rook: From the Persian rukh, which means "chariot", but also means "cheek" (part of the face). The
piece resembles a siege tower. It is also believed that it was named after the mythical Persian bird of
great power called the roc. In India, the piece is more popularly called haathi, which means "elephant".
* Bishop. From the Persian pil means "the elephant", but in Europe and the western part of the Islamic
world people knew little or nothing about elephants, and the name of the chessman entered Western
Europe as Latin alfinus and similar, a word with no other meaning (in Spanish, for example, it evolved to
the name "alfil"). This word "alfil" is actually the Arabic for "elephant" hence the Spanish word would
most certainly have been taken from the Islamic provinces of Spain. The English name "bishop" is a
rename inspired by the conventional shape of the piece. In Russia, the piece is, however, known as
"elephant". In the Indian lingo however, the piece is more popularly known as oont = "camel".
* Queen. Persian farzin = "vizier" became Arabic firzan, which entered western European languages as
forms such as alfferza, fers, etc but was later replaced by "queen". Incidentally, the Indian equivalent of
"queen", rani is used for the piece by Indians.
The game spread throughout the Islamic world after the Muslim conquest of Persia. Chess eventually
reached Russia via Mongolia, where it was played at the beginning of the 7th century. It was introduced
into Spain by the Moors in the 10th century, and described in a famous 13th century manuscript
covering chess, backgammon, and dice named the Libro de los juegos. Chess also found its way across
Siberia into Alaska.

6. Modern chess
Early on, the pieces in European chess had limited movement; bishops could only move by jumping
exactly two spaces diagonally (similar to the elephant in xiangqi), the queen could move only one
space diagonally, pawns could not move two spaces on their first move, and there was no castling. By
the end of the 15th century, the modern rules for the basic moves had been adopted from Italy: pawns
gained the option of moving two squares on their first move and the en passant capture therewith,
bishops acquired their modern move, and the queen was made the most powerful piece; consequently
modern chess was referred to as "Queen's Chess" or "Mad Queen Chess". The game in Europe since
that time has been almost the same as is played today. The current rules were finalized in the early
19th century, except for the exact conditions for a draw.
The most popular piece design, the "Staunton" set, was created by Nathaniel Cook in 1849, endorsed
by Howard Staunton, a leading player of the time, and officially adopted by Fédération Internationale
des Échecs (FIDE) in 1924.
Chess's international governing body is FIDE, which has presided over the world championship
matches for decades. Most countries of the world have a national chess organization as well. Although
chess is not an Olympic sport, it has its own Olympiad, held every two years as a team event.

7. The history of chess spans some 1500 years. The game
originated in northern India in the 6th century AD and spread to Persia. When the Arabsconquered
Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently, through the Moorish
conquest of Spain, spread to Southern Europe.[1][2]
In Europe, the moves of the pieces changed in the 15th century.
The modern game starts with these changes. In the second half of the 19th century, moderntournament
play began.
Chess clocks were first used in 1883, and the firstworld chess championship
was held in 1886. The 20th century saw advances
in chess theory, and the establishment of the World Chess Federation (FIDE).[3]
Chess engines (programs that play chess), and chess data basesbecame important.

8. The World Chess Championship 1886 was the first official U
match contested by Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes
Zukerfort. The match took place in the USA, the first five
games being played in New York, the next four being played
in St.Louis and the final eleven in New Orleans. The winner
was the first player to achieve ten wins. Wilhelm
Steinitz won the match 10–5, winning his tenth game in the
twentieth game of the match (with five losses and
five draws).

9. At the London 1883 chess tournament, a prestigious 14-player,
double-round, all-play-all tournament,[3] Zukertort was the
convincing winner with 22/26, ahead of Steinitz
(19/26), Blackburne (16½/22) and Chigorin (16/22). In many
respects, the event resembled a modern day Candidates
Tournament, in that most of the world's leading players took part
and the top two cemented their reputations as contenders for a
world title.