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History Of Chess

Gupta Empire, India  

Origins (6th Century CE – India)

• Game Name: Chaturanga
• Birthplace: Gupta Empire, India (~600 CE)
• Chaturanga, meaning "four divisions of the military" (infantry, cavalry, elephants, chariots), is the earliest known precursor to chess.
• The board was 8x8 and involved strategic movement, similar to modern chess but with dice in some variants.

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🕌 Spread to Persia and the Islamic World (7th–9th Century)

• Chaturanga became Shatranj in Persia.
• Persians refined the rules, removed dice, and added a focus on tactics and checkmate (Shah Mat = "The king is helpless").
• The game spread widely after the Islamic conquest of Persia.
• Shatranj was popular in the Islamic Golden Age and documented in Arabic literature and scholarly works.Origins (6th Century CE – India)
• Game Name: Chaturanga
• Birthplace: Gupta Empire, India (~600 CE)
• Chaturanga, meaning "four divisions of the military" (infantry, cavalry, elephants, chariots), is the earliest known precursor to chess.
• The board was 8x8 and involved strategic movement, similar to modern chess but with dice in some variants. 

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