Trace the storied history of the game of chess, from its origins in 7th century India to the computer software we use today.
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The attacking infantry advances, their elephants already having broken the defensive line. The king tries to retreat, but the enemy flanks him from the rear. Escape is impossible. This isn’t a real war— nor is it just a game. Over the 1,500 years of its existence, chess has been known as a military strategy tool, a metaphor for human affairs and a measure of genius. Alex Gendler shares its history.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, directed by Remus & Kiki.
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In India we still call
King- Raja
Queen- Mantri/Wazir (Minister)
Bishop- Oont (Camel) atleast in Gujarat State of India
Knight- Ghoda ( Horse )
Rook- Hathi ( Elephant )
Pawn- Paidal ( Ground troops )
From where I live we call the pieces:-
King=Pashah(King)
Queen=Wazeer(Minister)
Bishop=Feel(Elephant)
Knight=Asp(Horse)
Rook=Jundi(Soldier)
Chess has nothing to do with India
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in indian chess there is no Queen, we have a general.
Yes, strategy games. We love strategy games.
Jai hind !!
The image at 4:08 is wrong. The checkmate in the Immortal Anderssen Game was made with a bishop, not a knight. Besides a knight cannot mate a king in the position shown in the video
Kasparov's 1997 defeat was more down to overconfidence than lack of ability. It wasn't until the late 2000's that Chess programs gradually began to fully surpass human ability, with the rise of programs like Shredder, AlphaZero and Stockfish.
You can't have a video about chess history without mentioning bobby Fischer…..sorry 🤷🏼♂️
Islam is a religion that calls to the worship of God, the One, the One, who has no partner, the King, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and the last of God’s messengers to people after the Messenger Jesus, son of Mary, after the Gospel was distorted. Reckoning and resurrection after death and Islam is the religion of tolerance and it is firmly established in the lands that have been conquered because it came with mercy for people and the light Islam and the Qur’an illuminate the heart and the pleasure of eternal happiness that does not end Islam is the religion of God and whoever does not enter Islam will not enter Paradise. You must read the Qur’an to learn what is in it and ask God for guidance The path of truth, and to know that you were not created in vain
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I love playing chess but no one wants to play with me.
Well that’s a coincidence. In 1997, an IBM computer defeated a player at chess, but in 1968, the movie 2001: a space odyssey displayed a computer known as the HAL 9000 computer beating astronaut Dave Bowman on a game of chess, foreshadowing the technological leaps that would come for computers AND chess.
I was here.
Now I realize why in Arabic we still call the queen the adviser and the bishop the elephant
Can we just appreciate the opening animation? It was amazing!
Chess originated in India
the history of chess killer is an old killer and now we play the chess with the bot so we kill the bot with the plug so the logic is chess is an fun game and an dangerous game and it could be an genius game to get an reward like stone paper shisser
Chess pieces have been found in ruins of ' Lothal ' — an Indus valley civilization site in Gujrat . These pieces have eerie similarity to current pieces . From 3000 BCE .
Brilliant, informing and fun animation. Bravo!
What did the Advisor piece look like?
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Great informational video and I love the stylized artstyle!
I came for the history of cheese. Fortunately, I'm a chess player as well. Good job youtube algorithm, you worked this time
Modded Chess: The chef, The Giant, The cannon, The Elf,
this kind of learning absolutely make history more fun to learn..not boring at all..
yea but how do i get better
5:18 poor computer
a shame they didn’t put in scholar’s mate
"strong" "feemale leaders". lol, thats a laugh
Am a china chess version player
A smothered mate with the knight is the equivalent of catapulting the knight into a castle, then hitting the king right in the face
भारतवर्ष 🚩 🇮🇳
So I’m Indian that means chess champion is in my genetics 😋
Terms used In Indian Chess represent=
King.. Ruler
Queen …Rani/wife/women of King
Bishop…Vazir/PM/Advisor – Generals of King
Knight… Cavalry
Rook… War Elephant forces
Pawn … Foot soldiers
That's way…Knight can jump on fortification, Rook play Diagonally…just to demolish fortification of Opponent.
Bishop… Play straight..to deal with opponent for treaty/battle with small specialized force
Queen …having all authority on behalf of King… knowing things from inside out…can run Inner & outer politics/Strategy of war
Pawn…foot soldiers have very slow speed …one step at a time..having ordinary weapons..they just confront the enemy but when they attact…they attack from side to surprise the enemy
& This is used to teach Princes & worries to teach planing & strategy of war, help them taking quick decision in war situation.
Later European molded it accordingly.. changing the name of Pieces but they could mold the rules & game