Where did the name Chess come from?

Answer 1

Chess is commonly believed to have originated in India during the Gupta empire, where its early form in the 6th century was known as caturaṅga, which translates as "four divisions [of the military]" - infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariotry, represented by the pieces that would evolve into the modern pawn, knight, bishop, and rook, respectively. Both the Persians and Arabs attribute the game of chess to the Indians.In Sassanid Persia around 600 the name became shatranj and the rules were developed further. Shatranj was taken up by the Muslim world after the Islamic conquest of Persia, with the pieces largely retaining their Persian names. In Spanish "shatranj" was rendered as ajedrez, in Portuguese as xadrez, and in Greek as zatrikion, but in the rest of Europe it was replaced by versions of the Persian shāh ("king"), which was familiar as an exclamation and became our words "check and chess".Murray theorized that this change happened from Muslim traders coming to European seaports with ornamental chess kings as curios before they brought the game of chess.

Knights Templar playing chess, Libro de los juegos, 1283.

The game reached Western Europe and Russia by at least three routes, the earliest being in the 9th century. By the year 1000 it had spread throughout Europe. Introduced into the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors in the 10th century, it was described in a famous 13th-century manuscript covering shatranj, backgammon, and dice named the Libro de los juegos.

Another theory contends that chess arose from the game xiangqi (Chinese Chess) or one of its predecessors.
Chess was invented in ancient India, where it was called "chaturanga" in Sanskrit. This was shortened to "chatrang." When the Muslims conquered India in the 600s AD, they took the name and pronounced it "shatranj." The Spanish transliterated this as "ajedrez." In Portuguese, it was pronounced "xadrez" and in Greek "zatrikion." In English, the Persian word "shah" which means "king," evolved into "check" and "chess."

Answer 2

All of the Chess pieces names come from India, the country in which chess was originated from.

Answer 3

They have different names in different languages, they originated in Greece, but the translations have changed over time. No particular reason, just the translations.

Answer 4

A pawn can kill diangular foward or backwards

Answer 5

Chessmen got their name from the 6th century. They were parted from the places like Europe, Persia, and India. The pieces refer to positions of war.

Answer 6

It got it's name from a kind and queen.