Chess is one of the most intelligent games,invented in the history of mankind. She trains logic, endurance, teaches to calculate each turn and adapt to the changing situation on the playing field. The game has more than a thousand years of its history, and it is difficult to answer scientifically the question of where chess was invented, but we will still at least slightly open the veil of secrecy.
With the advent of chess, there is one legend.According to this legend, the game appeared about a thousand years before our era, being the invention of an Indian mathematician who also invented such a mathematical action as exponentiation. What it was specifically for the game, this legend does not say, but it is mentioned that to use it was used a board divided into 64 cells. The grateful sheikh, who loved this game, invited him to choose for himself any reward he would like. Then he asked for a certain number of grains that would fit on the game board, if in each next cell put them twice as much as in the previous one. Sheikh rashly agreed, but after final calculations it was found out that he should remain to the sage over a hundred cubic kilometers of grain (for the sake of accuracy, say that the last cage should have 9 223 372 036 854 775 808 grains, so the sum of the grains from all the cells should to represent a truly astronomical number).
If you believe the above legend, then the answer toThe question of where they invented chess is unambiguous - in India. However, archaeological excavations show that a similar game existed in Egypt for several thousand years before our era, so scientists still can not accurately name the country where chess was invented. How did the first chess look like, what rules did they have, how did the chess game take place in those days?
If we turn to the history of chess,that not only the rules, the names of the figures and the game itself differed, but also the arrangement of chess. Initially, the game was calculated on four players, under the leadership of each there were four pawns and one horse, elephant, rook and king. Figures of each player lined up in the corner of the game board of 64 cells. Played two by two, walked by turns, each throwing dice, thanks to which the game was present some element of chance. In the game of only two players, the arrangement of the figures was similar to modern chess (one of the kings changed to the figure of the vizier, the king's adviser). The victory was counted:
- With the complete destruction of all enemy troops.
- When taking an enemy king (when playing one on one).
- With the destruction of all enemy troops, except the king.
This Indian game was called chaturanga ("fourside "). Once in Persia, she transformed into a new game - shatranj. From Persia shtranj moved to Western Europe, where it turned into modern chess, from where they gradually spread throughout the world, becoming the most popular intellectual game of all time.
With this we will complete our journey in search of the country where chess was invented. We hope you enjoyed reading this as much as we did - to write.
