who invented the famous chess game ?

Answer 1

India came up with the basic gameplay of chess

Answer 2

Many countries lay claim to the invention of chess. It is presently thought that the game originated in India, since the Arabic, Persian, Greek, Portuguese and Spanish words for chess are all derived from the ancient Indian chaturanga. In addition, only India had in its cavalry all three animals — horse, camel and elephant — represented by the knight, bishop and rook. The present version of chess stems from a form of chaturanga played in India around the 6th century. The first reference in literature to a game called chatrang is from Persia around 600, where the name became shatranj. The earliest documented chess pieces also date to the 7th century. By about 800 the game reached China and was known, with modifications, as Xiangqi. Chaturanga also spread to Japan, where it evolved into shogi. Shatranj was taken up by the Muslim world after the Islamic conquest of Persia, with the pieces largely retaining their Persian names. In Spanish "shatranj" was rendered as ajedrez and in Greek as zatrikion, but in the rest of Europe it was replaced by versions of the Persian shāh ("king"). The game reached Western Europe and Russia by at least three routes, the earliest being in the 9th century. By the year 1000 it had spread throughout Europe. Introduced into the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors in the 10th century, it was described in a famous 13th century manuscript covering shatranj, backgammon, and dice named the Libro de los juegos.

Another theory, championed by David H. Li, contends that chess arose from the game Xiangqi, or at least a predecessor thereof, existing in China since the 2nd century BC.

Answer 3

It is believed to have been invented in India by an unknown court adviser for a king. When asked for a reward, the adviser asked to have a single grain of rice placed on the first square, and then doubled for on each following square. The king agreed but when he discovered the power of doubling and how much rice he owed, he had the adviser beheaded. Its original form still exists in China with slight differences in Korea and Thailand.

Answer 4

His name is not known, just his profession: mathematican. He lived in India and created the former chess to attend a require by the King.