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FACTS ABOUT CHESS

Added on: 23rd May 2016

 

 

AT AGE SEVEN ALEKHINE NOURI BECAME THE

YOUNGEST FIDE MASTER IN THE WORLD! (FIDE

STANDS FOR FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE

DES ECHECS, WHICH LITERALLY TRANSLATES

TO WORLD CHESS FEDERATION)

At age seven Alekhine Nouri became the youngest FIDE Master in the world! (FIDE stands for Fédération Internationale des Échecs, which literally translates to World Chess Federation).

 

 

THE SPORTS TERM ROOKIES, WHICH DESCRIBES

PLAYERS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR, WAS DERIVED

FROM THE ROOK IN CHESS. ROOKS GENERALLY

ARE THE LAST PIECES TO BE MOVED INTO ACTION

The sports term rookies, which describes players in their first year, was derived from the rook in chess.  Rooks generally are the last pieces to be moved into action.

 

 

THE FOLDING CHESSBOARD WAS ORIGINALLY

INVENTED IN 1125 BY A CHESS-PLAYING PRIEST.

SINCE THE CHURCH FORBADE PRIESTS TO PLAY

CHESS, HE HID HIS BOARD BY MAKING ONE THAT

LOOKED SIMPLY LIKE TWO BOOKS LYING TOGETHER

The folding chessboard was originally invented in 1125 by a chess-playing priest. Since the Church forbade priests to play chess, he hid his board by making one that looked simply like two books lying together.

 

 

THE FIRST MECHANICAL CHESS CLOCK WAS INVENTED

BY THOMAS WILSON IN 1883. PRIOR TO THAT,

SANDGLASSES WERE USED. SANDGLASSES WERE

FIRST USED IN LONDON IN 1862. THE PRESENT-DAY

PUSH-BUTTON CLOCK WAS FIRST PERFECTED

BY VEENHOFF IN 1900

The first mechanical chess clock was invented by Thomas Wilson in 1883. Prior to that, sandglasses were used. Sandglasses were first used in London in 1862. The present-day push-button clock was first perfected by Veenhoff in 1900.

 

 

IN 1985, THE SOVIET PLAYER GARRY KASPAROV

BECAME THE YOUNGEST WORLD CHESS CHAMPION

EVER AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-TWO YEARS AND 210 DAYS.

HE’S WIDELY CONSIDERED BY MANY EXPERTS TO BE

THE GREATEST CHESS PLAYER OF ALL TIME. FROM 1986

UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 2005, KASPAROV WAS RANKED

NO. 1 IN THE WORLD FOR 225 OUT OF 228 MONTHS

In 1985, the Soviet player Garry Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion ever at the age of twenty-two years and 210 days. He’s widely considered by many experts to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked No. 1 in the world for 225 out of 228 months.

 

 

THE LONGEST TOURNAMENT CHESS GAME (IN TERMS

OF MOVES) EVER TO BE PLAYED WAS BETWEEN

NIKOLIC AND ARSOVIC, IN BELGRADE IN 1989, WHICH

LASTED 269 MOVES AND TOOK 20 HOURS AND 15

MINUTES TO COMPLETE A DRAWN GAME. AT THE TIME

THIS GAME WAS PLAYED, FIDE HAD MODIFIED THE

FIFTY-MOVE RULE TO ALLOW ONE HUNDRED MOVES

TO BE PLAYED WITHOUT A PIECE BEING CAPTURED

IN A ROOK AND BISHOP VERSUS ROOK ENDGAME,

THE SITUATION IN NIKOLIC VERSUS ARSOVIC.

FIDE HAS SINCE RESCINDED THIS MODIFICATION

The longest tournament chess game (in terms of moves) ever to be played was between Nikoliæ and Arsoviæ, in Belgrade in 1989, which lasted 269 moves and took 20 hours and 15 minutes to complete a drawn game. At the time this game was played, FIDE had modified the fifty-move rule to allow one hundred moves to be played without a piece being captured in a rook and bishop versus rook endgame, the situation in Nikoliæ versus Arsoviæ. FIDE has since rescinded this modification.

 

 

IN THEORY, THE LONGEST CHESS GAME CAN

GO UP TO 5,949 MOVES

In theory, the longest chess game can go up to 5,949 moves.

 

 

THE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE UNIQUE CHESS GAMES IS

GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS IN THE

UNIVERSE. THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS IS ESTIMATED

TO BE ABOUT 10^79, WHILE THE NUMBER OF

UNIQUE CHESS GAMES IS 10^120.

The number of possible unique chess games is greater than the number of electrons in the universe. The number of electrons is estimated to be about 10^79, while the number of unique chess games is 10^120.

 


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