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A Quick Article on the History of Chess

by Billy Joel

Chess is a competitive game normally played between 2 players. It is often called the International or Western chess. The present type of the game emerged in the southern part of Europe during the second half the fifteenth century. Recently the chess is one of the worlds most well-liked games.

Humble Beginnings

The game of Chess has been assigned both by the Arabs and the Persian folk to the Indians. Chess then spread across the world and 1 or 2 variants of chess soon started taking form. Chess was introduced to the Near East from India and eventually became the part of a courtly and regal education of the Persian nobility. It is also known the Silk Road traders, Buddhist pilgrims and others carried the game to the East where it was assimilated and transformed <a href="http://buyrokureview.com/xbox-kinect-review/">into a game</a> played on the crossing of lines of the board rather than in the squares.

The game Chaturanga reached Europe through the Byzantine and Arabian empire, and Persia. By the tenth century, the Muslims carried the chess game to Sicily, North Africa and Spain.

Later on, chess was extensively developed in Europe during the late fifteenth century. Fortunately, the game survived a few series of prohibitions and sanctions by the Christian Church.

When the game arrived in Europe it accomplished a social worth and seen as a respected hobby related with high culture and nobility. This status of the game explained the exquisite and expensively made chessboards during the medieval era. The popularity of the game in the Western society peaked during the twelfth and fifteenth centuries.

At last, chess was incorporated into the knightly life-style in Europe. In fact, Peter Alfonsi discussed in one of his books that chess is one the seven skills required by an individual to be a good knight. Also, the game became a object of art during the period. There are a few sovereigns, like Queen Margaret of England who designated the position of chess in the royal art treasures through jasper and crystal chess sets.



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Title: A Quick Article on the History of Chess
Author: Billy Joel
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