1) The longest game of chess that is possible is of 5,949 moves.
2) The longest game lasted for 269 moves and ended in a draw.
3) The word “checkmate” comes from the Arabic word “shah mat” which translates to “The king is dead” in English.
4) The new move where the pawn could move two steps instead of one was introduced in Spain in 1280.
5) A German named Dr. Emanuel Lasker retained the Champion title for the most time: 26 years and 337 days!
6) The modern chess board as we see it today appeared first in Europe in 1090.
7) The first mechanical clock to be used instead of sand glass was invented by Thomas Wilson in 1883. The modern push button clock was introduced by Veenhoff in 1900.
8) The folding Chess board was invented in 1125 by a Chess-playing priest. Since the Church forbids priests to play Chess, he hid his Chessboard by making it look like two books lying together.
9) Players in their first year are called “Rookies”. This name came up from the last pieces of chess to move into action called “Rooks”.
10) Alan Turing developed the first computer program for playing chess was developed in 1951. However, no computer was powerful enough to process it, so Turing tested it by doing the calculations himself and playing according to the results, taking several minutes per move.
1) The longest game of chess that is possible is of 5,949 moves.
2) The longest game lasted for 269 moves and ended in a draw.
3) The word “checkmate” comes from the Arabic word “shah mat” which translates to “The king is dead” in English.
4) The new move where the pawn could move two steps instead of one was introduced in Spain in 1280.
5) A German named Dr. Emanuel Lasker retained the Champion title for the most time: 26 years and 337 days!
6) The modern chess board as we see it today appeared first in Europe in 1090.
7) The first mechanical clock to be used instead of sand glass was invented by Thomas Wilson in 1883. The modern push button clock was introduced by Veenhoff in 1900.
8) The folding Chess board was invented in 1125 by a Chess-playing priest. Since the Church forbids priests to play Chess, he hid his Chessboard by making it look like two books lying together.
9) Players in their first year are called “Rookies”. This name came up from the last pieces of chess to move into action called “Rooks”.
10) Alan Turing developed the first computer program for playing chess was developed in 1951. However, no computer was powerful enough to process it, so Turing tested it by doing the calculations himself and playing according to the results, taking several minutes per move.