♟️Historically Chess

Chess is one of the games that has been played all over the world for centuries and is loved and played by people of all ages.

Despite the fact that no one knows for sure where the game started, there is a widespread belief that it is born out of the Indian game chaturanga. Chaturanga was played on an 8x8 grid and pieces were similar to modern chess. Remarkably, it was very similar to chess played today, although the exact rules are not known with certainty. The Queen and Bishop's movements were more restricted. Most sources say that winning the game is achieved by removing all of the enemy's pieces, including his king.

It spread from India to its neighbor, the Persians. Around the creation time of chess Islamic Golden Age began. During this age the Islamic Empires stretched out into other continents such as Africa, Asia, and Europe. This spread allowed chess to spread quickly on all three continents. The fact that the rules are quite simple and it is played without any class difference has made it known and loved all over the world.

Many chess academies were opened in almost all countries to teach chess to people all over the world. Currently, there are more than 800 million active chess players in the world. Chess is getting more popular day by day with the effect of popular culture such as the TV series "The Queen’s Gambit" and the "Chess" book of Stephen Zweig, one of the most translated and popular writers of the world of the period.