Chess Originated In India But People Disagree

According to FIDE (World Chess Federation) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, chess was invented by aliens.

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/ilyumzhinov.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov#UFO_experience

@monsterchip, @omshruti, the earliest predecessor of the game probably originated in India, before the 6th century AD. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe.

The earliest precursor of modern chess is a game called chaturanga, which flourished in India by the 6th century, and is the earliest known game to have two essential features found in all later chess variations—different pieces having different powers (which was not the case with checkers and Go), and victory depending on the fate of one piece, the king of modern chess.

But don't forget that Steinitz is the father of modern chess because he is considered to be the first player to have subjected chess to a rigorous, scientific analysis. You can read a book by Kasparov on Steinitz named "My Great Predecessors". Hope this will help you all. 

infestationPit

those who think there are less chess player in India, let me tell you,

1. India has a whole village full of GM's call as chell village

2. India holds the record for most chess games played in world simultaneously

there are less official chess players because, sports is not considered as a serious profession

So, does that he is living from 6th century. or he will be best for next 1000 years?

England invented cricket but Australia has been dominating since last decade

Kid, who cares? Do you honestly think people are spreading a false rumour to discredit glorious India? Stop posting until you get to high school.

You.

Yes, and I can construct coherent sentences. Was that supposed to offend me?

I don't know what offendding is and this is pointless garbage anyway, so I'll leave it there. Your mother says that it's your bed time, so you had better go too.

A hyperadvanced species from Mars, to be exact.

How else do you think the Nazca lines were made?

For example, this is definitely a pawn.

When you learn to construct coherent sentences nicely with a capital letter and a full stop, I may listen to you.

"Ok." is not a coherent sentence. There is no verb or noun. Also, it has only one word. The shortest possible sentence has two words: 'I am'. Therefore, I am continuing to disregard your opinion.