Originally posted by ChessAddictionThere was a princess named Caissa. She was a very vain and self-centered woman. Her father invented chess to remedy those defects in her character.
There are different theories regarding it...what is your beleive about the origing and creator of chess?
That is just a wild guess.
Originally posted by ChessAddictionRead "The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain" by David Shenk.
There are different theories regarding it...what is your beleive about the origing and creator of chess?
Excellent, highly recommended says I.
The game we play today was invented by The Spanish in the
15th century.
They took the Asian version of the game, brought to Spain by the Moors,
and speeded things up.
They Introduced the Bishop into the game gave it unrestricted
movement along the diagonals.
The Queen (originally moving one square at a time) was given the
powers of a Rook & Bishop combined.
The pawn was given a two move option and they permitted castling.
So if anybody asks you again - say Chess as we play it today came from Spain.
Originally posted by greenpawn34The original inventors still deserve credit for the moves of the Rook, Knight, King, and pawn, don't they?
The game we play today was invented by The Spanish in the
15th century.
They took the Asian version of the game, brought to Spain by the Moors,
and speeded things up.
They Introduced the Bishop into the game gave it unrestricted
movement along the diagonals.
The Queen (originally moving one square at a time) was given the
powers of a Rook & ...[text shortened]... itted castling.
So if anybody asks you again - say Chess as we play it today came from Spain.
I heard a legend that the guy who invented chess took it to a sultan or some such and the sultan wanted to buy it off him and he offered a choice of either his own weight in gold or the sultan would put one grain of rice on the first square, two on the second, four on the third... etc. The sultan chose the doubling method but got to around 32 squared before realising there was not enough grains of rice in the world to fulfil this request...
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The original inventors still deserve credit for the moves of the Rook, Knight, King, and pawn, don't they?
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Yes of course and the board and the layout of the pieces.
But nobody knows who invesnted the game really.
Best bet is it came from India.
But the version (a better term) of the game we play today came from Spain.
I get asked that question all the time - came up with this answer as
a way of stopping the conversation.
Originally posted by TyrannosauruschexTo cover all 64 squares.....that will be....wait a minute....
I heard a legend that the guy who invented chess took it to a sultan or some such and the sultan wanted to buy it off him and he offered a choice of either his own weight in gold or the sultan would put one grain of rice on the first square, two on the second, four on the third... etc. The sultan chose the doubling method but got to around 32 squared before realising there was not enough grains of rice in the world to fulfil this request...
18,446,744,073,709,551,615. grains of rice.
Originally posted by TyrannosauruschexI also read this story in some book from a serious writer. The mathematician took hours for calculating the number of rice grains
I heard a legend that the guy who invented chess took it to a sultan or some such and the sultan wanted to buy it off him and he offered a choice of either his own weight in gold or the sultan would put one grain of rice on the first square, two on the second, four on the third... etc. The sultan chose the doubling method but got to around 32 squared before realising there was not enough grains of rice in the world to fulfil this request...
Originally posted by ChessAddictionAnd now we just go 2^64 on our calculator, and 1 second later...
I also read this story in some book from a serious writer. The mathematician took hours for calculating the number of rice grains
At least on my HP48 which has enough digits. My casio fx-300MS poops out at ten digits.