Make your own story on how chess started??

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Avatar of Yannaz12345
My idea:
There were 2 kingdoms, 1 white, 1 black.
The two kingdoms were very good friends. Until one day the kingdom of white accused the kingdom of black for talking their riches, and soon after they broke out in war. Many soldiers died or promoted to a bishop, knight, queen or rook, but both kingdoms had a goal, it was to protect their king. After the war the people who witnessed it made it into a competitive game for people. It was named chess because their goal was to claim all of the land.

Post all ideas. I’m willing to read them all 👇👇👇
Avatar of cherryplaying
My idea:
There was a little girl skipping alone in the jungle, but suddenly…
ROAR!!!
A lion!
She looked around. She was lost! What could she possibly do?
The animals introduced themselves.
King of the jungle, the lion 🦁 : king of the black jungle (king of the black side).
Queen of the jungle, the lioness 🦁 : queen of the black jungle (queen of the black side).
Kids of the jungle, the cubs 🦁: the princes and princesses of the black jungle (bishops).
Heart of the jungle, the snake 🐍 : the guards of the black jungle (knights).
Best friend of king and queen, the tiger 🐯: the back-up guards (just in case the snakes, the guards were out) of the black jungle (rooks).
The noise of the jungle, the monkeys 🙉: the alarm (just in case people randomly entered, the screeching /the alarm/ would warn them…) of the black jungle (pawns).
But the small girl only started crying and ran the other way.
To her home!
Home, sweet home.
Yes!!!
Her house was white-colored (the white side of the chess board!!).
Rooks: windows 🪟
Bishops: tables 🪑(I know that is a chair but I can’t find a table emoji 😓)
Knights: chairs🪑
King: Father 👨
Queen: 👩 (guess what it is? Mother!)
Pawns: doors 🚪
And the three (the little girl, mother and father,) lived together happily.
The small young girl 👧 told her parents about the story.
They laughed and said, “You probably just fell asleep outside and had a dream.”
But little did they know…
It happened!
IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!
iT dId!!!
But the little girl knew…
It was all real.
But her parents put her to bed.
“Good night!” cried her father.
“Night night,” announced her mother.
And the little girl fell asleep and forgot about all of it:
The roar of the lion,
The lioness,
The cubs,
The snake,
The monkeys,
The tiger…
And the three lived happily ever!
*P.S. I like playing black… but if variants of Chess960, I would rather play white. Standard chess… most people like playing white. I like playing black, like I said, but little did they know about this made up story I had created! But if they knew, then this would probably be the reason. Family, food, water, education, electricity, health and wealth are way better than just living in the jungle with scary animals. They mostly all like it ‘cause they all play first though.

ANYWAY, FIRST REPLY TO THIS COMMUNITY FORUM!!!!
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And also, I had your idea, like, a month ago… and you said it 😂
Avatar of GutigSS9
My idea: Long ago there was a big kingdom where it was peaceful and doing incredibly well. It was really peaceful as no kingdom didn’t want to fight such a large kingdom. It was doing incredibly well until the new king was elected. This king was terrible and ruined the kingdoms reputation. This caused a revolution among the people but the winning side was lost to time. The people who fought in the revolution created a game about it to honor the people who died in the event.
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Once upon a time , like in real life , chess started as chaturanga, then it had only the king , elephant , the knight , and the rook . This game was made after the son of the ruler of India in the year 200 bc the reason why the Indian ruler's son created chaturanga is because it's a souvenir of his memories of his father . Soon , it upgraded by adding pieces . The queen , the bishop , the pawn and the Amazon , which is a combination of the queen and the knight. But in the 10th century , the Amazon and the elephant was removed in chaturanga, then it changed its name to chess . Its popularity is growing and rules were added like en passant and castling. Then the immortal game came in the year 1990 when Bobby Fischer sacrificed it's queens , both rooks , and both bishops to defeat deeper blue.