10 Interesting Facts about Chess
Chess is one of the oldest board games and popular world-wide owing to its intellectual appeal and people are appreciating this beautiful game now more than ever.
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10 Interesting Facts about Chess
- Origins of Chess -While the origins of chess are debateable, it is widely believed that early form of Chess originated in India around the 6th Century A.D.
- Checkmate – One of the most common words that people have heard related to Chess is ‘Checkmate’ which comes from an Arabic word ‘shah mat’, that means ‘The King is dead’.
- Longest Game – Chess is a game of strategy and plan which takes time in itself due to the possibility of so much moves, the longest game possible, at least in theory is of 5,949 moves.
- Second book in history – The second book which was ever printed in the English Language was a book on Chess.
- First Computer Program for Chess- Alan Turing created the first computer program for playing Chess back in 1951.
- 2 moves – The shortest way to achieve Checkmate or ‘shah mat’ can be done in 2 moves only, although very unlikely, it is still a possibility.
- Deep thought – A computer named ‘Deep thought’ became the first machine of its kind to beat an international champion of Chess in 1988.
- Garry Kasparov – A man from the Soviet Union in 1985 who became the youngest World Chess Champion to date. He was only 22 years old at the time.
- Viswanathan Anand–He is first player in the history of chess to have won the World Championship in all three different formats: knockout, tournament, and match.
- First Chessboard - The first Chessboard with alternating light and dark squares appeared in Europe in 1090.
Chess has a rich history and we at Chessbrainz are delighted to explore it with you through these amazing facts.
