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The document provides a comprehensive history of chess, tracing its origins from Northern India in the 6th century to its evolution in Europe and the establishment of modern tournament play. It also explains algebraic chess notation, its importance for recording games, and the various symbols used to annotate moves. Additionally, it highlights key milestones in chess history, including the first world championship and the introduction of chess clocks.

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Chess

The document provides a comprehensive history of chess, tracing its origins from Northern India in the 6th century to its evolution in Europe and the establishment of modern tournament play. It also explains algebraic chess notation, its importance for recording games, and the various symbols used to annotate moves. Additionally, it highlights key milestones in chess history, including the first world championship and the introduction of chess clocks.

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CHESS AND

EVERYTHING
INSIDE
JOEY L. GARCIA
TEACHER III
History Of Chess
THE HISTORY OF CHESS GOES BACK MORE THAN
1000 YEARS. THE GAME ORIGINATED IN
NORTHERN INDIA IN THE 6TH CENTURY AD AND
SPREAD TO PERSIA. WHEN THE ARABS
CONQUERED PERSIA, CHESS WAS TAKEN UP BY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND SUBSEQUENTLY,
THROUGH THE MOORISH CONQUEST OF SPAIN,
SPREAD TO SOUTHERN EUROPE.
In Europe, The moves of the pieces changed in
the 15th century. The modern game starts with
these changes. In the second half of the 19th
century, modern tournament play began.
Chess clocks were first used in 1883, and the
first world chess championship was held in
1886. The 20th century saw advances in chess
theory, and the establishment of the World
Chess Federation (FIDE). Chess engines
(programs that play chess), and chess data
bases became important.
Milestone of the
Game
600AD: FIRST CLEAR REFERENCE TO CHESS, IN
A PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT.
~700AD: DATE OF FIRST UNDOUBTED CHESS
PIECES.
800AD: MOORS BRING CHESS TO SPAIN AND
SICILY.
900AD: EARLY MUSLIM CHESS MASTERS, AS-
SULI AND AL-LAJLAJ WRITE WORKS ON THE
TECHNIQUE OF CHESS.
1000AD: Chess widespread in Europe, including
Russia.
1300AD: First European comments on chess in
sermons and stories.
1475–1500AD: Birth of the modern game:
especially, new moves for queen and bishop.
1495: First printed chess book.
1497: First printed chess book to survive to the
present day.
1600: First professional player-writers.
1780s: First master games to be recorded as they
were played.
1836: First chess magazine.
1849: FIRST US CHESS
TOURNAMENT.
1851: FIRST INTERNATIONAL
CHESS TOURNAMENT.
1866: FIRST MATCH TO BE TIMED
BY CLOCK.
1883: FIRST TOURNAMENT TO USE
SPECIALLY DESIGNED CHESS
CLOCKS.
1886: FIRST ACKNOWLEDGED
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
The Origin of
Chess
THE PRECURSORS OF CHESS ORIGINATED
IN NORTHERN INDIA DURING THE GUPTA
EMPIRE, WHERE ITS EARLY FORM IN THE
6TH CENTURY WAS KNOWN AS
CHATURANGA. THIS TRANSLATES AS 'THE
FOUR DIVISIONS', MEANING INFANTRY,
CAVALRY, ELEPHANTRY, AND CHARIOTRY,
REPRESENTED BY THE PIECES THAT WOULD
EVOLVE INTO THE MODERN PAWN, KNIGHT,
BISHOP, AND ROOK,
RESPECTIVELY.
How to Read and Write Algebraic
Chess Notation
Being proficient at this will help you read and play through games of
great players to learn and improve your own chess game! There is a
wealth of materials both in book and digital form allowing you to
study the chess moves of great chess players.
Chess Recording Sheets most often called “scoresheets” are a
fairly standard paper recording format for the game player, event,
moves, and result. These are in use by the US Chess Federation as
well as international organizations such as FIDE which overseas all
world-class competitions.
Algebraic Chess Notation is the current and best form to learn of
which Figurine Notation is a derivative swapping the piece names for
figures to be langauge neutral.
Why should I write down my chess
moves?
Chess notation enables you to record your games for playback
later. That day you played a superb game of chess… wouldn’t you
like to be able to play through it later and show your friends?

Learn from them! Recording the game with chess notation


enables you to review your game and analyze how you could
make better moves or learn from a lost game. If you’re learning
from an instructor, they will be able to quickly give feedback by
looking at your recording sheet.

It’s required in competitive play! Chess competitions require


move recording at scholastic to championship levels. The most
Chess Notation Explained
Chess Notation describes each move with the name of the pieces
and the square to which it is moved.
Each piece has its own letter abbreviation, except the pawn. If no
piece is named, it’s assumed to a pawn move, and Knight is “N”
not “K”, which is King.
In the following diagram
I made the first move
pawn to e4. The name
of this move is simply
“e4”. (since the pawn’s
name is not written)
Here’s how this would
appear on a
scoresheet used in
clubs and
tournaments.
Now black has made
a pawn move,
written e5.
Next, White replied
Nf3. Notice how the
name of the piece is
written as well as
the name of the
Now, we’re going to fast
forward to some special
moves. See in the next
diagram how white has
made a special move
called castling kingside.
This move is written as 0-0.
If the King castles on the
queenside (to the other
direction on the chessboard)
it would be written as 0-0-0.
In the next diagram,
White captures
Black’s pawn on d5.
This move is called
exd5. For “capture”
write an “x”.
Next, White captures
the Knight on c6 with
the Bishop. This move
is written as Bxc6+.
Notice the “+” sign.
This represents
“check” since Black’s
King is now in check.
White just moved his
pawn to d4. Black’s
next move exd3(ep), is
a special move called
“en passant” capturing
white’s d4 pawn in
passing while moving
his pawn to d3 – as if
the pawn had moved
After several more moves,
Black captures White’s
Bishop on c1 with dxc1=Q.
That’s about as complicated
as it gets! This means pawn
captures piece on c1 and
promotes it to a Queen.
Black could promote it to
any other piece he chooses,
but Queen’s are nearly
always the best choice. In
the rare game, a player has
The next move is Raxc1.
Note that either the rook
on A1 OR F1 can capture
the queen. This means
that the “a” must be
included to indicate
which rook was played.
In this next position,
black makes a winning
move, d4++, pawn to d4
CHECKMATE!
By now you may have
guessed that this game
was created for moves
illustration. It’s true,
White has made some
rather questionable
moves.
You’ve learned the notation standards and how
to indicate the special moves
• check (+)
• en passant (ep)
• castling (0-0 or 0-0-0)
• checkmate (++).

If you wish to take this a step further, you can learn


about annotating a chess game, a form of analyzing
the game in notation form so that others view the
annotators opinions of moves that were made.
Extra: Chess Annotation Symbols
You’ll find that once you can read and write chess notation, your world is
opened to a wide expanse of chess knowledge.
Diving into this will help you improve your game as a chess player and
you’ll be able to advance strides ahead of your friends.
In addition to writing the moves themselves, chess players will comment
on the strengths and weakness of chess moves with chess move
annotation symbols.
These are some of the symbols you’ll see
… Black’s move
! Good move
!! Excellent move
? Bad move
?? Terrible move (blunder)
!? Interesting move

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