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Jan 1, 600
first chess game
6th century - The game chaturanga (now know as chess) evolved into its current form around this time in India -
Period: Jan 1, 600 to
Chess
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Jan 1, 720
chess started spreading
Chess spreads across the Islamic world from Persia. -
Jan 1, 1000
As-Suli writes Kitab Ash-Shatran
As-Suli writes Kitab Ash-Shatranj, the earliest known work to take a scientific approach to chess strategy. -
Jan 1, 1090
squares on chessboard
Dark and light squares are introduced on a chessboard. -
chess book
Earliest known American chess book, Chess Made Easy, by J. Humphreys -
association formed
The UK Chess Association is formed. -
federation
British Chess Federation (BCF) is established. -
new piece
The grasshopper is the first fairy piece invented, having its origin in the Renaissance "leaping queen". -
record
A record for simultaneous blindfold play against 34 opponents. -
radio match
USA vs USSR Radio match is the first international sporting event after World War II. The USSR scores an overwhelming victory and would dominate world chess for the next 25 years -
chess today
Chess still continues to be popular today -
Earliest surviving chess problems
Earliest surviving chess problems by Caliph Billah of Baghdad were made. -
book
Entry on Chess in the Chinese work Huan Kwai Lu ('Book of Marvels'). -
Versus de scachis
Versus de scachis is the earliest known work mentioning chess in Christian Western Europe
