Around 1200, the rules of shatranj started to be modified in Spain and the rest of Southern Europe, culminating, several major changes later, in the emergence of modern chess practically as it is known today.[64] A major change was the modern piece movement rules, which began to appear in intellectual circles in Valencia, Spain, around 1475,[note 4] which established the foundations and brought it very close to current Chess. These new rules then were quickly adopted in Italy and Southern France before diffusing into the rest of Europe.[67][68] Pawns gained the ability to advance two squares on their first move, while bishops and queens acquired their modern movement powers. The queen replaced the earlier vizier chess piece toward the end of the 10th century and by the 15th century had become the most powerful piece;[69] in light of that, modern chess was often referred to at the time as "Queen's Chess" or "Mad Queen Chess".[70] Castling, derived from the "king's leap", usually in combination with a pawn or rook move to bring the king to safety, was introduced. These new rules quickly spread throughout Western Europe.
The rules concerning stalemate were finalized in the early 19th century. Also in the 19th century, the convention that White moves first was established (formerly either White or Black could move first). Finally, the rules around castling and en passant captures were standardized – variations in these rules persisted in Italy until the late 19th century. The resulting standard game is sometimes referred to as Western chess[77] or international chess,[78] particularly in Asia where other games of the chess family such as xiangqi are prevalent. Since the 19th century, the only rule changes, such as the establishment of the correct procedure for claiming a draw by repetition, have been technical in nature.
The first Olympiad was held in Paris in 1924, and FIDE was founded initially for the purpose of organizing that event.
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The rules concerning stalemate were finalized in the early 19th century. Also in the 19th century, the convention that White moves first was established (formerly either White or Black could move first). Finally, the rules around castling and en passant captures were standardized – variations in these rules persisted in Italy until the late 19th century. The resulting standard game is sometimes referred to as Western chess[77] or international chess,[78] particularly in Asia where other games of the chess family such as xiangqi are prevalent. Since the 19th century, the only rule changes, such as the establishment of the correct procedure for claiming a draw by repetition, have been technical in nature.
The first Olympiad was held in Paris in 1924, and FIDE was founded initially for the purpose of organizing that event.
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take the test to appraise your skills
https://www.chessmasterschool.com/chess-test/test-00-puzzle.php'
The 7 criterias of evaluating a position (to help you for the test):
https://www.chessmasterschool.com/chess-test/test-00-puzzle.php'
The 7 criterias of evaluating a position (to help you for the test):
- the material forces ratio of the two players,
- the imminent threats,
- the position of the Kings (to what extent are they exposed),
- the control of the open lines,
- the pawns structure, weak and strong squares,
- the control of the center and the space advantage,
- the development and the position of the pieces.
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Now there's a 4way game, chess.com has, never tried it. anyone has a clue?
btw started thread for personal gains and the fact that chess.com doubled up membership in Dec I believe and their servers weren't handling demand for a while.
also the netflix's series https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/80234304 made the demand blow during Covid, think they're were awaiting family's OK on the sequel/2nd season production.
btw started thread for personal gains and the fact that chess.com doubled up membership in Dec I believe and their servers weren't handling demand for a while.
also the netflix's series https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/80234304 made the demand blow during Covid, think they're were awaiting family's OK on the sequel/2nd season production.
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In Indian version of chess(one that started the game), rook is called elephant and bishop is called a camel.
That reference not observed by all sources but think is authentic
The earliest Indian chess pieces were called shah (King), wazir (Counselor), fil (Bishop), asp (Knight), rukh (Rook), and piyade (pawn). The earliest Persian names were shah, farzin, pil, asp, rukh, and piyada. In Arabic they were shah, firzan, fil, faras, rukhkh, and baidaq. Countries of the western world translated the earliest names as closely as possible.
vazir as farzin is interesting
In Indian version of chess(one that started the game), rook is called elephant and bishop is called a camel.
That reference not observed by all sources but think is authentic
The earliest Indian chess pieces were called shah (King), wazir (Counselor), fil (Bishop), asp (Knight), rukh (Rook), and piyade (pawn). The earliest Persian names were shah, farzin, pil, asp, rukh, and piyada. In Arabic they were shah, firzan, fil, faras, rukhkh, and baidaq. Countries of the western world translated the earliest names as closely as possible.
vazir as farzin is interesting
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