Mate in One Chess Club

Chess is a required school subject in Armenia.

The longest official game of chess took place in 1989 that went on for 20 hours and included 269 moves.

 In a single game of chess, there are 400 possible moves after each move played.

 It is possible to checkmate your opponent in just two moves.(btw i checkmated someone in 4 moves😄)

 The world record for the number of moves without capture is 100, and was set in 1992.

 About 70% of the adult population has played chess at some point in their lives, and about 605 million adults play chess regularly!

 The longest game of chess that is theoretically possible is 5,949 moves.

 The folding chessboard was invented by a priest who was forbidden to play chess. The priest found a way around it by making a folding chessboard. When folded together and put on a bookshelf, it simply looks like two books.😁

 The word "Checkmate" in Chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means"the King is dead."

 Dr. Emanuel Lasker from Germany retained the World Chess Champion title for more time than any other player ever: 26 years and 337 days.

 The number of possible unique chess games is much greater than the number of electrons in the universe. The number of electrons is estimated to be about 10^79, while the number of unique chess games is 10^120.

 From the starting position, there are eight different ways to Mate in two moves and 355 different ways to Mate in three moves.