Coolest facts about chess that YOU probably didn't know Part 1

1.Chess had been used as a form of strategic military training from as early as Ancient India to the current age of technology.

2. The first Chessboard with alternating light and dark squares appears in Europe in 1090.

3. The word “Checkmate” in chess originates from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the King is dead.”

4. The record of moves without capture is of 100 moves during the Match between Thornton and M. Walker in 1992.

5. Out of the 7 billion people that exist on Earth, about 600,000,000 people know how to play chess worldwide.