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History of chess
The history of chess spans over 1500 years. The earliest predecessor of the game probably originated in India, before the 6th century AD; a minority of historians believe the game originated in China.
India
Chess figures names
King
• In chess, the king ( , ) is the most important ♔ ♚ piece. The object of the game is to trap the opponent's king so that its escape is not possible (checkmate). A king can move one square in any direction.
Queen
The queen ( , ) is the most powerful ♕♛ piece in the game of chess, able to move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
Bishop• Each player begins the game with two bishops.
The bishop has no restrictions in distance for each move, but is limited to diagonal movement.
Knight
• The knight move is unusual among chess pieces. When it moves, it can move to a square that is two squares horizontally and one square vertically, or two squares vertically and one square horizontally. The complete move therefore looks like the letter L
Rook
• The rook moves horizontally or vertically, through any number of unoccupied squares.
Pawn Unlike the other pieces, pawns may not move backwards. Normally a pawn moves by advancing a single square.
Levon AronianLevon Grigori Aronian (Armenian: Լևոն
; Գրիգորի Արոնյան born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.
• Aronian won the Chess World Cup 2005. He led the Armenian national team to the gold medals in the 37th Chess Olympiad,Turin 2006, the 38th Olympiad, Dresden 2008,[3] and the World Team Chess Championship in Ningbo, 2011. In the Chess Olympiad 2010 at Khanty-Mansiysk he won the silver medal for his individual performance on board one.[4]
• In January 2011, he tied for 3rd–4th with Magnus Carlsen in the 73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee.
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