Chess - History

Chess - History: The origin of chess remains a matter of controversy. There is no credible evidence that chess existed in a form approaching the modern game before the 6th century ce. Game pieces found in Russia, China, India, Central Asia, Pakistan, and elsewhere that have been determined to be older than that are now regarded as coming from earlier distantly related board games, often involving dice and sometimes using playing boards of 100 or more squares. One of those earlier games was a war game called chaturanga, a Sanskrit name for a battle formation mentioned in the Indian epic Mahabharata. Chaturanga was

Themed chess set with chess pieces designed as machines used in the oil industry.

Oil History Chess Set - Version C

A Curious History of the Game of Genuises: Chess, by Krishna V Chaudhary, Lessons from History

The History of the Chess Pieces

Shocking Turnaround in Chess History! - Remote Chess Academy

Chess & History: The Origin of The Chessboard – Chess Chivalry

560 pp, 662 games; Content: Tournament Research, 1919-1922 by T. Gillam, The Short Career of Wilhelm Hanstein (1811-1850) by Vlastimil Fiala, Chess in

Quarterly for Chess History - Vol. 22

History Of Chess: Who And When Invented Chess And Other Facts – Chess Universe

A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler

Chess History Archives - Chessable Blog

A Brief History of Chess – The Definitive Guide

Knights and Kings: Medieval Chess as Male Bonding - JSTOR Daily

A Selection of Chess History Books - The Chessboard Vault