When Was Chess Invented? A Complete Timeline

Chess as we know it today — 64 squares, 32 pieces, fixed rules — was not invented. It was distilled. Over roughly 1,500 years, the game travelled from northern India through Persia, across the Islamic world, and into medieval Europe, picking up and shedding rules at every stop. The single moment most historians point to [ ] The post When Was Chess Invented? A Complete Timeline appeared first on…