Why everyone says that chess come from India !?

Slow_pawn wrote:

I was more or less just repeating what I read, ESP-918. I personally don't think the game is from one time period or country, but more like several influences from several different places and time periods. 

Yes good point I tend to agree with you on this one

• ESP-918
  #223 min ago

  gurpreetk wrote:

  History can't be challenged. If the historians says it was originated in India, then it was. Historians have put in their efforts to unearth the facts. If you need the facts, better contact some historian or chess museum. 

   

  Good Luck!

  Historians never say that it was originated in India, only you did , are you a Historian lol

You can say or think whatever you want, it's your rights

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess

Read this article. 

CHESS IS A MYSTERY AND IT STAYS IN THE HISTORY 😉

Ekanes66 wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess

Read this article. 

I have a better idea. You read it to me where it says chess come from India or its been originated in India

fide president says aliens, so there.

dylpill999 wrote:

After about 10 seconds of reading the article, I found this:"The earliest predecessor of the game probably originated in India, before the 6th century AD;"

Why did you skip the most important part?

The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1500 years, although the earliest origins are UNCERTAIN. The earliest predecessor of the game PROBABLY originated in India, before the 6th century AD;

GMgodofchess wrote:

ESP-918 wrote:

It's quite bothering me, when people say oh chess come from India or Do you know in which country chess originated? Oh sure it's India. ...

I mean come on ! That's not a fact, so what if it's come from Russia !?

see we dont have a exact answer but you said yourself that many people said chess came from india and if they told it could be true as well

Many people believed the earth was flat

Chess came from Chaturanga, so it's Indian.. Case closed-..-

Chess as we know it now, probably from Spain.. Since they changed the elephant to bishop and the boat to Tower (rook) and a cross on the king's head.. Probably church infuenced.

Donald's roots is Scottish.......just saying 😉😁

Pawn_Checkmate wrote:

Chess came from Chaturanga, so it's Indian.. Case closed-..-

Lol just an opinion not a fact

The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1500 years, although the earliest origins are UNCERTAIN. The earliest predecessor of the game PROBABLY originated in India, before the 6th century AD; a minority of historians BELIEVE the game originated in China. 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 roughly its current form in the 15th century.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess

The Knight was an Elephant in the beginning, it was us in Europe who changed it to a Horse, from what ive learned about the game many years ago.

History buffs care 1818, and i happen to like history.

Russia didn't exist as a political entity then. If chess was invented in Northern India say, it might be more easily claimed as being invented by European invaders of those very distant times - the Brahmin class - as opposed to the  people on the sub continent contemporaneously identified as Indians.