3. Brief History of Chess ORIGIN
• Chess is a game that has been played for
centuries and was thought to have
originated in India over the 15th century.
• Long ago, it was considered a game
reserved only for Kings and members of
the upper classes.
• Nowadays, chess is played by common
people even at early age.
4. Brief History of Chess ORIGIN
•The modern design of chess pieces
bears the name Staunton, who was
an English master in the mid-
18OO’s.
•These are the type of pieces that
are now used in all tournaments
5. Brief History of Chess MORPHY
• Paul Morphy – the first great American-
born chess player
• Paul traveled to Europe in the 185O's,
where he beat all challengers, including
Adolf Anderssen.
• However, the English champion of the time
(Staunton) refused to play with him, so
Morphy never became a world chess
6. Brief History of Chess STEINITZ
• The first official championship chess
tournament was played in 1866 in London,
with sand clocks to restrict the length of a
game.
• Steinitz – a Bohemian (Czechoslovakian)
Jew who won the game
• He became the world's first official chess
champion, holding this title until 1894.
7.
8. Chess is a game played between two opponents
on opposite sides of a board containing 64
squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16
pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2
knights, and 8 pawns.
• The goal of the game is to checkmate the other
KING. Checkmate happens when the king is in a
position to be captured (in check) and cannot
escape from capture.
