A History Of Chess, A Gift Idea For Christmas
Where Did Chess Come From?
Where did chess originate? This fact is unclear.It seems to have first appeared in India around 600 A.D.
The game of chess than appears to have been introduced in Persia approximately 700 A.D.
Next when the Persian's were conquered by the Arabs Around 800 A.D. Chess was then taken up by the Muslims.
Muslims appear to be the ones responsible for spreading the game of chess via introduction into the southern European culture.
The Evolution Of The Game Of Chess
The Europeans are responsible for making some modifications to how the game of chess was played in the 15th century.
They made it possible to put your opponent in checkmate in just a few moves.
The Rules for the queen and bishop were changed to rules similar to those we still have today, this also led to the pawn being more useful strategically.
People liked this because this variation of the game of chess allowed for quicker games.
As these new rules spread into western Europe they mostly remained the same with the exception of the rules for stalemate, they were finalized in the 19th century.
The modern changes to the Queen in the game of chess started as an extension of the old Queens movement abilities. In areas like Russia the Queen was still able to be used like a Knight.
The game of chess was also influenced by various writings.
The poem "Caissa" was behind the rook being called a castle. This writing also influenced the modern shape of this chess piece.
A well known professional chess player published the first guide for chess strategies and theories helping to popularize the game of chess around 1625 A.D.
Francois-Andre Danican Philidor wrote the first guide for chess covering winning strategies and theories. This manual for the game of chess was used for at least a century.
The oldest know publication still in existence on the rules for playing chess were written in 1497 in Salamanca, Spain.
The game of chess became a sport in the 1800's
Chess became a game of sport in the 1800's. Chess competition is first seen in history records in 1834, with the first organized chess tournament in 1851 in London.
At the 1851 London Chess Tournament chess players took as long to analyze their move as 2 hours and 20 minutes.
This led to different variations of speed chess.
In 1861 the first timed chess competition was in Bristol , England . Sand-glass timers were used. Later being replaced by pendulums, evolving in the 19th century to the type of timers used today.
The games World Chess Federation was founded in Paris 1924.
The first unofficial chess olympiad was held the same day, 7-20-1924. An attempt was made to include the sport in the summer Olympics in 1924 but failed because they could not determine clearly between amateurs and professional chess players. While the summer Olympics was played out so was the first chess olympiad in Paris .
The first female chess championship was founded in 1927 by the World Chess Federation. It was held alongside the first official Chess Olympiad held in London.
Chess has been such an important part of our sports history
Here at Ziggys Collectables-N-Gifts we wanted to share some of the history behind the game of chess.
Chess is not your typical sport, you most likely will not break a sweat.
You may strain your brain a little since chess is a game that really exercises your brain.
Throughout history chess as grown in popularity because it is a never ending challenging game full of different strategies and theories for game play.
Chess is a game that will teach one to plan each move, just like you do in life. This hidden learning advantage makes chess a great game/sport to get ourselves involved in .
Chess makes a great Christmas Gift Idea, if you stop and think about it, to give your school age kids.
It is a way to promote a child to think before they proceed forward in the decisions they make, as it will teach them that there is consequences for their choices. Good or Bad.
Chess also will teach them to create a plan of action to achieve the desired out come. In other words they will learn to set goals and achieve them by creating a plan to get there.
Chess will teach them to be competitive, but like civilized men and women. Really when is the last time that you saw a chess championship that included even the slightest bit of violence?
Chess gives our children that are not necessarily athletically gifted, a sport which they can learn and compete, excel in.
Chess is just a great game that allows us to be competitive and feed our most selfish need, chess allows us to pit human mind against huiman mind.
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