Facts about Chess

  Chess began in India during the Gupta Empire, spreading to the Persian Sassanid Empire, and then to the Middle East after Muslims conquered Persia. From there, it spread to Europe and Russia.
- The number of possible unique chess games is much greater than the number of electrons in the universe.
- The longest chess game theoretically possible is 5,949 moves.
- The word “Checkmate” in Chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the King is dead.”
- The record of moves without capture is of 100 moves during the Match between Thorton and M. Walker in 1992.
- In 1985, Eric Knoppert played 500 games of 10-minute Chess in 68 hours.
- About 600,000,000 or 60,00,00,000 people know how to play chess worldwide!
- Initially, the Queen could only move one square at a time, diagonally. Later, she could move two squares at a time, diagonally. It wasn’t until Reconquista Spain, with its powerful queen Isabella, that the Queen became the strongest piece on the board.

By Kanishk
Grade 5 E
Orchids the International School Vivekananda

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