From the beginning, chess was known as a game of intelligence. This game of 64 houses requires a lot of intelligence and strategy. Therefore chess became quite popular in that era to test intelligence. Arabia and Persia (now Iran) had trade contacts with India during that period. Chess once went to Persia through the hands of merchants. There its new name is Shataranj. Around the same time the game traveled from India to China. The Chinese named it Jiankui.
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During the reign of the Persian king Saladin in the 12th century, European crusaders flocked to Arabia and Persia in the name of protecting Jerusalem. While staying there for a long time, many things were imported to Europe. This is how chess moved to Europe.
Many think that chess spread to Europe and Russia during the Muslim Moorish rule in Spain. Here too he gets the new name 'chess', which is derived from the Old French 'echec' (meaning check). Not only the name, but many other aspects of the game have changed. It was here that bishops (also known as elephants or yards in India and Bangladesh) were added to chess under the influence of Catholicism. Rani joined later.
Later, through the Europeans, chess became popular all over the world. In 1924, The Federation Internationale des Chess (FIDE) was formed. They set and regulate the international rules of chess. This organization is the organizer of international chess competition. Based on skill, FIDE recognizes athletes as International Masters and Grandmasters. The players who are the best in the competition are the Grandmasters.
Many people may know that many people from Bangladesh have received international recognition in this game. Niaz Morshed is the first Grandmaster of Bangladesh. The use of computers in the game of chess in the last century has made it more popular and a topic of discussion. In 1996, international grandmaster Garry Kasparov played chess with a computer called Deep Blue.
That time, for the first time, artificial intelligence, i.e. machine, stood as an opponent of man. Kasparov wins a chess match with Seber Deep Blue. The very next year he lost to Deep Blue. This incident of losing to the machine sparked discussions around the world.