The history of chess

Chess was invented in India during the Gupta Empire (280-550 BC) rule. It was first called Caturanga. The Arabs took this game, changed the name and created new rules. The Arabs called it Shatranj. With the conquest of Muslims, armies attacking Persia, the Muslim spread this game till it reached Europe. There the name change many times for example:

• Spain: ajedrez
• Portugal: xadrez
• Greek: zatrikion.

Chess was popular in Europe and the people started to change the rules in Spain and Italy. The game got known
As queen’s chess or mad queen chess
Because the queen was the most powerful figure in the game.

This was the first chess game from the gupta empire (280-550 CE)


The first modern championship was in London in 1851. The winner was a German named Adolf Anderssen. The champion from 2007 on is Viswanathan Anand, he won this title 2 times and is still the champion today.



Even today chess still turns like you see on this picture of a 3 player chess board.

Funny chessboard made.

source: wikipedia