2007-01-03 19:52:09 · 25 answers · asked by john c 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
Well...
It seems it depends on who you ask...India (Persia) or China have the best claims on being the source of historical chess.
For more discussion of this, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess#History
Hope this helps...
2007-01-03 19:58:23 · answer #1 · answered by TomWilliam 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where Did Chess Originate
2016-09-28 00:31:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one really knows where the game of Chess originated.......?
Chess was played many centuries ago in China, India, and Persia. No one really knows for sure in which country it originated. Then, in the eighth century, armies of Arabs known as Moors invaded Persia. The Moors learned chess from the Persians. When the Moors later invaded Spain, the soldiers brought the game of chess with them. Soon the Spanish were playing chess, too. From Spain, chess quickly spread throughout all of Europe.
2007-01-04 00:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by ndhnmanuel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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In which country did Chess originate?
2015-08-10 19:28:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
India
2007-01-04 07:18:02 · answer #5 · answered by leged56 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chess originated and has been existence in India for several thousand years. It spread to other regions through Chinese and Moghul travelers 1000 to 1500 years ago.
2007-01-03 20:37:37 · answer #6 · answered by pragyana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chess is mentioned in the Mahabharata so thats India at least 500 BC. However chess type pieces have been recovered from the Indus Valley Civilization which was scattered over the Indus Valley, Gujarat and the western fridges of the Gangetic Plain from about 2300 bc to about 1700 bc. It also turns out that these small terrecotta playing pieces were mass produced along with thousands of other toys in the worlds first large scale cottage toy industry. So much so that the surrounding forests were denuded of trees in order to stoke the ovens. Persia and India are not looked at realistic contenders as producers of this game.
2007-01-03 20:07:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
India
2007-01-03 21:06:07 · answer #8 · answered by michelle_a_morris 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Started out in India and spread to Persia. e.g. The Queen in Chess was actually the Vizier in Persia, who advised the King.
2016-03-15 04:07:50 · answer #9 · answered by Janet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chess originated in China
2007-01-03 21:24:11 · answer #10 · answered by Sonu G 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋