The Kvorshiks, right?
what is the history of Chess?
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Well I am no expert. You ask quite a vague question s actually, of course, the history of the entire game is quite diverse.
I believe it orignated in Asia (India?) as shatranj, and the game we know as chess today evolved from this. it was broadly similar but I think it was played on a smaller board and some of the pieces moved differently (also, the bishops were called 'elephants' and rooks 'chariots'). The queen was a much weaker piece (in fact I think instead the equivalent was calle the advisor/counceller) it could only move one square adjacently (not even diagonally, so slower even than the king). elephants were the same as bishops but could move max 2 squares at a time. This is speculation on my part, but because of this it was customary to develop the bishops back then by fianchetto, so i think this is where we get the term 'indian openings', where the bishop is fianchettoed (i might be wrong but i have heard no other explanation). The rook was the strongest piece. It is thought the word 'rook' comes from the persian word rukh meaning chariot, however opinion is divided on this: some think it is derived from the italian, 'rocco', for tower.
In 1475 chess as we know it came into existence, where the queen and bishops were 'improved'. Apparently, at first people dissaproved of this new version as they thought it was silly, but eventually people accepted that it made for a more interesting game. The great old players were Ruy Lopez (who the opening is named after), Lucena and a bit later on Philidor.
Then in the early 19th century came the period of 'romantic' chess, where it was fasionable to play wild, attacking chess, with sacrifices galore. Steinitz, the first world champion, is credited as being the first player to lay down the principles of positional play, and 'accumulation theory'.
There have been many world champions since, with lots exciting disputes for the title, and the game is still going strong to this day!
No, that is wrong.
It was the Kvorshniks from the galaxy Plethna-106a.
I'll do some research and let you know more tomorrow
This is the more or less detailed version of the HISTORY OF CHESS as documented so far.
On the seventh day, God played 1. e4.
Around 51 BC, Julius Caesar replied 1. ... e5.
Around 30 AD, Jesus of Nazareth played 2. Nf3 on God's behalf.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered 2. ... Nc6.
In 1561, Ruy Lopez wrote the response 3. Bb5.
Then in 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte took the board and played 3. ... a6.
Then, in 1846, Paul Charles Morphy continued the pressure with 4. Ba4.
In 1859, Charles Darwin discovered black could play 4. ... Nf6.
In 1914, Franz Ferdinand just before dying played 5. O-O.
In 1939, Adolf Hitler modified the board by moving 5. ... Be7.
In 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt on his death bed found the refutation: 6. Re1.
A thrilling continuation was sung by Michael Jackson in 1982: 6. ... b5.
But in 1994, Kim Jong-Il quickly found a way to continue the attack with 7. Bb3.
Towards the end of 1999, Boris Yeltsin played Russia's biggest secret 7. ... d6 and retreated.
In 2008 Barack Obama said yes we can play 8. c3.
In 2009, Ouachita found that 8. ... O-O had the highest winning % in his database.
Rybka 4 came out in 2010 claiming it had found the solution to all this after months of calculation: 9. h2-h3 will lead to a persisting white advantage.
How will this game end? Who knows,,,...
I think it's a bit presumptuous to say that hardly anyone knows about Smyslov. Autographed trading cards appear to be quite popular.
Dec 4, 2010
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tonydal wrote:
OK, listen up, I'll try to make this as quick as I can:
A bunch of Latins played some games, but nobody cared until Philidor showed up, wrote a few operas, said pawns were cool, then died.
Morphy beat everyone in sight, then he went nuts. Steinitz beat most everybody, pissed off literally everybody, then he went nuts.
Lasker became world champ for an unprecedented length of time by hardly playing anyone at all.
Capablanca didn't even have to play anyone else, he was so good...but when he finally did, he got beaten by Alekhine (who later on got beaten by several pallets of scotch).
Euwe became world champ, but he was too nice a guy so he could only hold onto the title for a couple years.
Then came Botvinnik. Botvinnik was the ideal of the New Socialism, and he remained world champion by never winning matches. Next came Petrosian (who was mainly known for being boring) and Spassky (who was mainly known for losing to Fischer).
Fischer beat everyone in sight, then he went nuts. Unfortunately, unlike the other nuts he came back, and we had to put up with him a while longer.
Karpov was another representative of the Communist ideal. Unlike the relentless pragmatists of the West, he succeeded by being relentlessly pragmatic.
Kasparov beat everyone in sight, then he went into politics and people started beating on him.
Everybody after him is too recent to be considered history.
Genius!
I don't much like Smyslov for having been rude to Tal, tbh.
Dec 4, 2010
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“There must have been a time when men were demigods, or they could not have invented Chess” - Gustav Schenk
and-
“We don't really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we'll let you know” - Bruce Pandolfini
tonydal wrote:
Wow, what did Smitty do to Tal?
http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Annotated_Games/Smyslov_Tal.htm
Fezzik wrote:
I know that Tony was being satirical. But being a huge fan of Smyslov, I felt it necessary to defend him seriously.
Signed, Upper Middle Class Twit of the Year
Being a huge fan of Tony, I felt it necessary to defend him satirically.
India + Middlle Ages + Korchnoi * (Shazam) = Chess
That's about it imo.
Thanks all , for your responses and wirting
i got a brif of chess history From Wikipedia
Photographs of real-size resin reproductions of the 12th century Lewis chessmen. The top row shows king, queen, and bishop. The bottom row shows knight, rook, and pawn.
The history of chess spans some 1500 years. The earliest predecessors of the game originated in India, before the 6th century AD. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into its current form in the 15th century. In the second half of the 19th century, modern chess tournament play began, and the first world Chess Championship was held in 1886. The 20th century saw great leaps forward in chess theory and the establishment of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Developments in the 21st century include use of computers for analysis, which originated in the 1970's with the first programmed chess games on the market. Online gaming appeared in the mid 1990's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess
the history of chess is...? i think is about a life.
Another topic tells the history of chess by name of "who invent chess " its link as follows:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/livechess/who-invent-chess"
The grains of rice story was probably acropyphal.
fburton wrote:
The grains of rice story was probably acropyphal.
The grains of rice story it is an Indian story the same chess has origin in India
what is the history of Chess?