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The history of chess goes back many years, decades and ages! But who really invented the game everybody has heard about? Where is the origin of this famous mental exercise many people play as a hobby in their free time?
Chess is known the world over, played by numerous fans, but its roots and origins are not clear and are highly debatable. There are a variety of legends, stories and guesses starting from a dispute about the place and ending with the dispute of when chess started. However, most people can agree that there was not just one individual who invented the established game, because it is far too complex with all its rules and concepts for any one simple human mind.
Until Wilhelm Steinitz became the first official World Chess Champion in 1886, the game of chess was in a steady flux. It a game we could well have difficulty recognising when we think about today’s chess: from a game dominated by intuitive decision-making, to a fight between engines.
Until the end of the 15th century, chess changed numerous times, survived sanctions by the Christian Church as well as complete prohibitions from time to time. Right up until the 1880’s the game developed into the shape of the modern chess game. This period is known as “the romantic era of chess”.
Chess slowly gained its competitive character and concrete rules, growing in popularity among the people. Strategical planning or long study of theory were pretty subordinate topics. In the foreground, there were issues like quick tactical motifs and the reliance on intuitive moves. The first chess tournaments started to take place and even the first official World Championship was hosted in 1886 where Wilhelm Steinitz became the first official Chess World Champion.
Until the middle of the 20th century there were tendencies towards romantic chess play, when players relied on tactics and extremely dynamic play. However, the 20th century revolutionized chess with the invention of databases, engines and several methods for comfortable and efficient strategical preparations. Chess websites and online games were invented, so that the romantic era was finalized and a new technological, digitalised era began.
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