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The history of chess , specifically that of Western Chess, spans some 1500 years. The earliest predecessors of the game originated in India in the 6th century AD and spread to Persia from there. Whe...
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Chess is a board game played between two players. The current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from a similar, much older game of ...
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The Origin of Chess by Alfred L. Paul. ... Transcriber's note: for now, I'll credit The Origin of Chess to Alfred L. Paul, the editor and publisher of Western Chess Chronicle, as the author of this article; it is not clearly established in the magazine.
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The game of chess is said to be one of the oldest games of skills known to man. Some historians date it as early as the 2nd century, and its country of origin to be China. In China, at that time people were playing a game very similar to chess called Xiangqi.
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Where did chess come from? The most widely accepted scenario is that chess appeared in India around 600 A.D., was adopted in Persia around 700 A.D., and was absorbed by Arab culture around 800 A.D. Just as chess is a difficult game, its origin is a difficult puzzle. ... The Origin of Chess Is Obscure: Where did chess come...
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Sloan [Sloan 1985]bases his theory about Chinese Chess origin on two Chinese poems, one stemming from the 2nd century BC. Since Chess is often wrongly confused with the far older Go, this could also be the case here (or a mixup with another board game).
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The game of chess is thought to have originated in what is now northern India or Afganistan sometime before 6OO AD: the oldest written references to chess date from then, but there are unverified claims that chess existed as early as 100 AD.
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The main claim for Irish origin is the claim that two chess tables were bequeathed in the will of Cathair Mor who died in 153 CE. The Celtic game of fidchell is believed to be a battle game, like chess (as opposed to a hunt game, like tafl or brandub), and possibly a descendant of the Roman game ludus latrunculorum.
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