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Question: History of Chess - How did it begin?

Answer: The history of chess can be traced back around 1500 years; started in the North of India and then spread throughout the Asian continent.
- Chess made its way via the expanding Islamic Arabian empire to Europe.
- The rules of chess changed numerous times until the 1880’s (the romantic era of chess).
- The first official World Chess Championship was hosted in 1886.
- The 20th century revolutionized chess with the invention of databases and chess engines.

(Source: iChess.net, 13 Jan 2021)

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