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azziralc
Jul 29, 2011
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  Hey, I have something to share to you, maybe you know it or not.. I will give some trivia in WIll to Win..

 

  If you have comments just post it, if you have trivia too I'm glad if you will participate..

 Thanks.

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aarwin
Jul 29, 2011
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#2

Ok good.

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azziralc
Jul 29, 2011
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#3

Did you know?

 

 It has been calculated that the approximate number of different Chess games possible is:

                       2.5x10116

Perhaps all the stars in the Heavens would be much less than this number! And all this with just two sides playing with 32 pieces on only 64 squares

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aarwin
Jul 29, 2011
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#4

OMG... Surprised

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azziralc
Jul 29, 2011
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#5

 I will send another trivia tomorrow.. :D

 

 Thanks for your support aArwin. :D

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funandniceisme
Jul 29, 2011
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#6

In 1254 King Louis IX, under influence of the Church, issued an edict forbidding chess as a useless and boring game.

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aarwin
Jul 29, 2011
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#7

Chess game was invented by a Indian! Smile

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funandniceisme
Aug 5, 2011
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#8

Piece Renaming - During the American Revolution, there an effort to rename the pieces to Governor, General, Colonel, Major, Captain, and Pioneer.

Star Trek and Chess - Kirk and Spock played chess three times on Star Trek. Kirk won every game.

Teeth and Chess - A player at a Hastings tournament was clenching his teeth with concentration that he broke his false teeth. He had to forfeit his game to go to a dentist.

War or Chess? A boy gave British Army General Rahl a spy report that George Washington was crossing the Delaware to attack. The general was so immersed in a chess game that he put the note in his pocket unopened. It was found when he died in battle.