| Chess is one of the most popular board games in the | | | | common theory is that the form of chess we play |
| world today. It involves two players, and requires | | | | today evolved from a game called 'Chaturanga', which |
| strategizing and tactical planning. The game of chess | | | | was played in ancient India. Since the Arabic, Persian, |
| is not a modern invention, and there is a good deal | | | | Greek, Portuguese and Spanish words for chess are |
| of controversy among chess historians regarding the | | | | derived from Chaturanga, it is the most accepted |
| true time and place of the emergence of chess. | | | | view that chess originated in India. However, another |
| Many countries claim to have invented it. However, | | | | theory claims that chess evolved from a game of |
| most historians trace its origins back to northern India | | | | 'Xiangqi' that existed in China in the 2nd century BC. |
| or Afghanistan sometime around 600 AD. The most | | | | |