Chess is a game played between two players. Millions of people worldwide know how to play the game. It is set on square checkered boards called chess boards with 64 squares arranged in 8 X 8 dimensions.
At the beginning of the game, each player (one player controls the white chess pieces while the other controls black chess pieces) controls sixteen pieces: a king, a queen, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, and eight pawns. The object of chess is to checkmate the opponent’s king. Checkmate is when the king is in “check” and there is no other place to move it.
Chess is the oldest skill game but it is more than just that. The history of chess is that the pieces were rooted from people of medieval times. Look at the pieces on the chess sets again. There is a history behind each chess piece. These represent medieval life.
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Many centuries ago, chess was played in Persia, China, and India. There’s no confirmed country in which it originated. However, in the eighth century, the Moors invaded Persia. They learned the game of chess from them. When the Moors invaded Spain, they brought chess with them. Soon, the Spanish were into the game. From Spain, chess spread throughout the other countries in Europe.
The names of the pieces came from the Europeans. They probably had a difficult time spelling and pronouncing the Persian names. The pieces reflected the way they lived. It may not be considered modern but during their time, the game of chess represented medieval lifestyle.
