A way for Indian generals to plan attacks.
In about 550 B.C. the game Chatranj spread to Persia from India. There in Persia it evoved into the game chess.
A chess computer is a machine that can play chess without human input. The first stand alone chess computer was the Chess Challenger which was first used in 1977.
The first game of chess was played in India.
The first chess computer that could play chess was called Deep Blue.
Chess first came to shops in the 1500's. :)
Wilhelm Steinitz of Austria was the first world chess champion.
Chess originated in India, in the Gupta Empire.
Her first chart hit on Chess was "If I can't have you" in August 1960.
The first chess pieces were probably hand-carved from wood by craftsmen and artisans .
The player with the white pieces starts first in chess.
Kingpin - chess magazine - was created in 1985.