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A Beginner's Guide to Chess

Historians have traced chess back to its origins in 6th-century India as a game called chaturanga, a four-part military game that shares little with the modern version. Throughout the centuries, chess spread through the East and reached Europe by the 1400s, where many modern rules and pieces were established. In the 19th century, formal chess federations and competitions began, ushering in a modern era in the 20th and 21st centuries.