.ve-image jstor:community.18496113 right Chess is perhaps the world's first global mega-hit, having migrated from East to West over the course of centuries. And we can easily track how the design and rules of the "immortal game" have evolved and shifted over time. Many people would be surprised to find out that some of chess' most iconic rules-- such as the Queen's dominance of the board-- developed at particular times and places. Chess has also been a fount of potent metaphors about society, emphasizing specific themes at specific times. To this day, we employ chess imagery to talk about social conditions, strategy, power, and fairness.
Here are a few Milestones of the game, according to Wikipedia:
550 AD: Northwestern India
600AD: First clear reference to chess, in a Persian manuscript describes chess coming to Persia (Iran) from India.
~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.
1927: First chess Olympiad, with FIDE as the organisers.
1960: Numerical rating of players becomes standard.
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