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Chess - definition of Chess in Encyclopedia (1173 words) |
 | Chess (from the Persian word Shah) is a board game for two players played on a square board divided into eight rows (or ranks) and eight columns (or files) creating 64 individual squares which alternate in color orthogonally (traditionally as white and fl although other shades are sometimes used). |
| Chess is not a game of chance; it is based solely on tactics and strategy, and for this reason, it is sometimes known by the sobriquet "the game of Kings". |
| Chess is sometimes seen as an abstract wargame; as a "mental martial art", and teaching chess has been advocated as a way of enhancing mental prowess. |
| chess - encyclopedia article about chess. (3863 words) |
| Chess is not a game of chance game of chance is a game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device, and upon which contestants frequently wager money. |
| A theory that chess arose in China earlier, arose because when chess spread to China, it took over the board and the name of a Chinese board game called the "astronomical game", which is recorded as existing in the 2nd century BC; the rules of the "astronomical game" are now lost. |
| Chess eventually reached Russia via Mongolia, where it was played at the beginning of the 7th century. |
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