When did chess get to Europe?

In the middle ages? Renassaince?

I COULD google it, but it seems to me that there's people on this forum that knows loads about chess.

In 1492. Columbus brought it back to Europe from the West Indies. It was originally a game played by the royal concubines.

Right after the chia pet

Chess was just invented in 1969 by the CIA as a test for their agents.

It made its way to Europe in early 2002 when MI6 began experimenting with it as a mind-control tool.

I guess you didn't factor in that the chess ranks are also full of smartasses. 

What do you consider "chess?"

He said there's people here who knows loads. We knows loads.

The thing we play on this site. I guess it has protoversions also.

Are you talking about the game of chess or the acronym c.h.e.s.s

Do you consider proto-chess as chess?  If so, the chess, shatranj to be exact, arrived in Europe centuries before the Battle of Hastings.

822.

I introduced it in Cordoba, where I had moved after I became unwelcome in the royal court in Baghdad due to my proficiency in music.

Getting a little long in the tooth.

loads? loads of what? lol

Rasberry_Yoghurt, I notice you're from Denmark.  An article I just published may (or may not) interest you. It's all about the birth of the Danish Gambit.

That's a ball in my puppy's mouth. I should post the video of her taunting her brother with it.

Was the ball around in 822?

Not that ball. It's a modern dryer ball that is past its prime. But, dogs had balls.

That's heavy man.

Ziryab did it:

You'd think these guys had better things to do then spend their time on a game.