Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide.Ĭhess is an abstract strategy game and involves no hidden information. The current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from a similar, much older game of Indian origin. It is sometimes called Western chess, or International chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi. 15th century to present (predecessors circa 900 years earlier)Ĭasual games usually last 10 to 60 minutes tournament games last anywhere from about 10 minutes ( fast chess) to 6 hours or more.Ĭhess is a board game played between two players.
Left to right: white king, black rook, black queen, white pawn, black knight, white bishopĬ.
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