How many years old is chess? There is a debate on this.
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LeonSKennedy992
Oct 26, 2017
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I think it originated in Persia.
Oct 26, 2017
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MitSud wrote:
A long long time ago.
......in a galaxy far far away.
No MitSud, Disney owns the franchise now and they will crank out at least one movie per year until long after we are dead. In my spec script "Zugzwang!", Darth Patzerus uses a lightsaber to defeat several prominent grandmasters.
in the beginning there was a king and a queen, and they mated and she bore pieces and pawns while he stood back and remained aloof because kings and dirty diapers don't belong together in the same sentence, and he wasn't 100% sure that he was the father, due to the presence of other kings in the area, and he knew that he would get stuck with child support if she divorced him. i am almost as crazy as albanian guy (#7), but the difference is, i have a plan.
The game's prototype was invented in 1964. It was initially produced by Milton Bradley in 1965. Oh wait a minute. That wasn't chess. I was thinking of Operation. Disregard.
H. J. R. Murray's chess history
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090911/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review883.pdf
Chess is a game ( according to me ) which is based on a game called Chaturanga . The game Chaturanga was introduced in India around 4000 years ago and was carried with the moguls to Persia ( now Iran ) . The game of chess was based on this game and then introduced in Persia . It was brought to it's modern form in England and from there became popular around the world as in the present.
Oct 27, 2017
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The chess board was a gift the Ancient Egyptians received from aliens. At first, they did not know what to with the present, until they realized they could pile several chess boards and make a ramp that would make it easier to build the pyramids. Many centuries later, Indian merchants bought one from a naughty Egyptian kid who had rescued/stolen it from the almost forgotten ruins nearby. The kid, smart as he was, knew that a black and white square of wood would not be appealing, so he took some black and white pebbles and told the merchants that it was a decorative object. They were amazed, but less than the kid was at what they paid for it.
On the way back India, the merchants were making plans about selling the chess set to their prince. But suddenly, one of them let his inner conspiracy theorist think for himself, and realized that it just could not be a decorative object. After hours of speculation, they came to the conclusion it was a boring, useless board game, so they decided to give it to a wise man who lived in the palace and was a total nerd. He found it interesting, invented a couple of simple rules and showed it to the king, who was pleased and offered him a grain of rice for the first square, two for the second one, four for the third and so on...
kingofshedinjas wrote:
The chess board was a gift the Ancient Egyptians received from aliens. At first, they did not know what to with the present, until they realized they could pile several chess boards and make a ramp that would make it easier to build the pyramids. Many centuries later, Indian merchants bought one from a naughty Egyptian kid who had rescued/stolen it from the almost forgotten ruins nearby. The kid, smart as he was, knew that a black and white square of wood would not be appealing, so he took some black and white pebbles and told the merchants that it was a decorative object. They were amazed, but less than the kid was at what they paid for it.
On the way back India, the merchants were making plans about selling the chess set to their prince. But suddenly, one of them let his inner conspiracy theorist think for himself, and realized that it just could not be a decorative object. After hours of speculation, they came to the conclusion it was a boring, useless board game, so they decided to give it to a wise man who lived in the palace and was a total nerd. He found it interesting, invented a couple of simple rules and showed it to the king, who was pleased and offered him a grain of rice for the first square, two for the second one, four for the third and so on...
Oh. Never read that one.
So the wise nerd ended up getting 2^64 - 1 grains?
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India is the answer. Indian civilization (Hindus) had direct people to people contact with Persians by trade, warfare and displacement of tribes. It later spread to Persia. Google 'chaturanga' as one of the posters has pointed out.
aravinds_ll wrote:
kingofshedinjas wrote:
The chess board was a gift the Ancient Egyptians received from aliens. At first, they did not know what to with the present, until they realized they could pile several chess boards and make a ramp that would make it easier to build the pyramids. Many centuries later, Indian merchants bought one from a naughty Egyptian kid who had rescued/stolen it from the almost forgotten ruins nearby. The kid, smart as he was, knew that a black and white square of wood would not be appealing, so he took some black and white pebbles and told the merchants that it was a decorative object. They were amazed, but less than the kid was at what they paid for it.
On the way back India, the merchants were making plans about selling the chess set to their prince. But suddenly, one of them let his inner conspiracy theorist think for himself, and realized that it just could not be a decorative object. After hours of speculation, they came to the conclusion it was a boring, useless board game, so they decided to give it to a wise man who lived in the palace and was a total nerd. He found it interesting, invented a couple of simple rules and showed it to the king, who was pleased and offered him a grain of rice for the first square, two for the second one, four for the third and so on...
Oh. Never read that one.
So the wise nerd ended up getting 2^64 - 1 grains?
Not true .... Read my story above , it is the true thing.
Fennifer wrote:
It's only been around for ten years or so.
The current version was introduced in the early 1800's .
