| The game of chess has a long history.
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| | partial sets and pieces dating from that
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| Though known and played all over the
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| | period to support its existence. The
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| world, chess is supposed to have been
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| | Einsiedeln Poem, also known as "Versus de
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| born in India around 5000 years ago. The
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| | scachis", written in 1000 A.D. describes
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| birth place of this amazing game was
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| | in its 98 lines the game of chess, the
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| identified by a few early chess
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| | rules by which to play chess and a few
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| historians like Sir William Jones who
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| | strategies. The way the pieces were named
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| wrote in 1763 the poem "Caissa" and in
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| | and the rules that were used to play
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| 1790 the paper "On the Indian game of
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| | chess show that the game's ancestor was
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| Chess" and like Duncan Forbes who
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| | the game of Shatranj. Chess arrived in
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| published "The history of Chess" in 1860.
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| | Europe, in the Balkans in the time of the
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| The problem with the origins of chess is
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| | Byzantine Empire and up the Volga river
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| that, no full set of pieces was
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| | trade route in Russia and Scandinavia,
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| discovered dating from that period of
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| | when Italy and Spain were conquered. The
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| time. Some artifacts that archeologists
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| | popularity of the game increased due to
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| identified as chess pieces might have
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| | the interest of the nobility and of the
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| served a different purpose than the one
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| | upper classes.
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| we suppose - for the game of chess.
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| | At the end of the 15th century a lot of
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| H.J.R. Murray published in 1913 the 900
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| | improvements were made to the game of
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| page book called "History of Chess" which
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| | chess by enhancing the power of some
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| is a complete work based on 14 years or
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| | pieces, making the new game be more
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| research by using translations made by
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| | well-liked than the old one, making most
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| specialists of original documents from
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| | people that were accustomed to play chess
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| the best chess libraries. He underlined
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| | adopt the newer version and set aside the
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| the fact that there is no physical
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| | old one within just a few decades. The
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| evidence or document to demonstrate the
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| | game earned its name - the Game of Kings
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| existence of chess anywhere in the world
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| | - partially because crowned heads like
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| for the period before the seventh century
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| | Henry IV, Louis XIII, Elisabeth I, James
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| BC.
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| | I, Charles I and many others used to love
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| The earliest version that some believe to
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| | to play chess.
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| be the ancestor of chess was the Indian
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| | In the 19th century, in London, everybody
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| Chaturanga - a game that was played by
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| | could play chess. A lot of clubs were
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| four persons and which used dices dating
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| | brought into being because of the
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| as far back as 3000 BC. But Murray showed
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| | popularity of the game. Parsloe's was
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| that this version came after the two
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| | among the first chess clubs ever born in
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| player version. The time of the Persian
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| | England and it was also the place where
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| Empire sets the bases of Chatrang as a
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| | Frenchman Philidor used to amaze the
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| game invented after a war between the two
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| | public with exhibitions of 2-3
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| sons of a Queen, by the writings in the
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| | simultaneous blindfold games. There were
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| "Book of Kings" and the "Book of Deeds".
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| | a lot of matches between the English and
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| Until 656, the Persian Empire was
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| | the French, but many other countries soon
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| conquered by the Moslem Empire. This was
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| | developed great players, like Germany,
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| the time when the game Shatranj
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| | Hungary and America. This is the time
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| flourished and this is also the period of
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| | when the game became organized and all
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| the first chess documents which attest
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| | the rules that we now know and after
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| characters that were known to play chess.
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| | which we play this beautiful strategic
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| During this time the game spread as far
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| | game were established.
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| as Spain. Before these recordings, there
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| | The days of nobility chess playing have
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| were legends that said that the game was
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| | only begun. These days you can have your
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| used to explain the death of one of the
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| | own set of pieces and a board to play
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| Persian Queen's sons who was killed by
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| | with your friends or family in a nice
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| the other, or that the inventor of chess
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| | mind working get-together. In fact you
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| asked to be paid by a grain of cereal
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| | can just sit in front of your computer,
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| doubled on each of the 64 squares of the
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| | log on to websites like and enjoy a nice
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| board that was used to play chess.
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| | game with people all over the world.
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| The literature of The Middle Ages gives
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| | Chess is so popular that you can even
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| us information about the chess game
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| | play it on your computer!
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| played at that time. There are even
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