World Chess Day: history related to this game.?
Chess is the favourite game of many people. At the same time, there are some people who play this game to make themselves appear more intelligent, but have you ever thought about the history of this game and its beginning? Today, on the occasion of World Chess Day, we are going to tell you the history related to this game.
1. Chess Calculations
Chess means there are 64 boxes on the chess board. Of these, 32 are black and 32 are white. Each player has a King, a Queen, two Bishops, two Knights, two Rooks and eight soldiers.
2. Who made this game?
It is said that this game is of intellectual entertainment and was made by a Brahmin named Chaturanga in the Sixth century.
3. In which country did Chess start?
This game is basically an invention of India. Earlier it was known as Chaturanga. This game went from india to europe via Arabia and then became famous all over the world in the 15th/16th century.
4. Chess in India
Chess spread from india to the Middle east and europe around the 6th century. Here it quickly became popular. There is no solid evidence that chess existed as a modern game before the 6th century. Pieces found in Russia, China, india, Central Asia, Pakistan, and elsewhere, which are said to date back to earlier times, are believed to be similar to earlier board games that used multiple dice and sometimes 100 or more squares.
5. How did the development happen?
It is not clear how Chaturanga developed. Some historians say that Chaturanga, which may have been opened on a board of 64 squares, gradually turned into chess, which became a two-player game in northern india, Pakistan, afghanistan and southern parts of Central Asia after 600 AD.
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