A brief history of chess – Alex Gendler
Trace the storied history of the game of chess, from its origins in 7th century India to the computer software we use today.
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The attacking infantry advances, their elephants already having broken the defensive line. The king tries to retreat, but the enemy flanks him from the rear. Escape is impossible. This isn’t a real war— nor is it just a game. Over the 1,500 years of its existence, chess has been known as a military strategy tool, a metaphor for human affairs and a measure of genius. Alex Gendler shares its history.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, directed by Remus & Kiki.
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Lol we still call the bishop Elephant
chess is originated in india💞💞💞💝💖
chess modern era in a nutshell,
Ke2
What did an advisor do?
India: invented chess.
China: we change it slightly and release our own version.
Europe: this is not a game it is a representation of King and peasants.
Just like the history
Europe invades all of the world and they sees them as king and all other countries as peasants
And now China copies all of the apps and changes them and releases their own version.
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So the bishop used to be an elephant
Completely neglects Bobby Fischer when talking about Cold War chess
Im getting a JoJo reference at the beginning
Tamerlan was turkik mongole but was born in Uzbekistan
Graphics are impressive in your video
i like shahmat more 😁
4:22 sir that's kidnapping
Who are we kidding? The treadmill is still a torture device.
Manyyy Indian inventions later claimed as western as India didn't patent them
Fun fact: The modern day country Croatian flag, not including regional or provincial flags, is the only flag of a nation that has a checker pattern on their flag in the entire world.
The name for Chinese chess is just Xiang Qi, it's not Go
They're two completely different games played on different boards
Credits to India.
This video is incorrect. We all know Garry Chess invented Chess 36 years ago.
thanks to this, i’m really into chess now ❤️
At the end all the dots gets connected to India.
Vow India is amazing.
1:25 susanid
1000 years from now they’re gonna teach video game theory at school and remember how 1000 years earlier ppl were trying to ban them
4:32 The glasses lift proves how smart he is😆
0:40
Things that would never happen.
Proud to be Indian many things were originated and inevented in India like chess,ayurveda,yoga they are spreading all over the world.Happy to see them growing.
The modern world derived from Sanskrit And we are losing our own history
How about chinese chess?
I am one of the worst chess players you will ever meet
boomers at 1440: kids these day dont care about bible they just care about their damn chess!
4:38 I thought he was gonna say Bobby Fischer
That got pretty deep at the end😂
man so desperate he was blackmailing a computer
So chess is Indian in origin influenced by Islam and Arabia then China…modernized by Europe.
Even in Mohan Jo Dado they found some chessmen as some YouTube videos say… That part was not included here
You pronounced every hindi or "sanskrit" word wrong
How chess has evolved –
Present-day – Bishops go brrrrr
I literally don't care
It could be takes, takes, takes, takes, takes, takes, takes, takes, takes, takes, or I could just castle
I watched one chess video, now they are all over my recommendations
legends are much more older, ravan's wife madodari invented chess to prevent his husband from going in battles regularly
Easy on the orientalism there buddy, otherwise an OK video.
oh, i see. so this is why in my country chess was call 'catur', based form the word, chaturangga.
If you play a chess game once a year and think you are good, you are very very wrong.
Why was Fischer not mentioned??? Cancel Culture???!?
Chaturanga – chatur means 4; anga means a part/division 😊
Edit: chatur also means clever.
Before this video started, I was sure Chess originated in India 😃
The perpetual check should be banned goddamnit. 10 checks and otu cant check for the next move
Love the humor in animation like always!
The earliest mentions of chess in writing can be found within Iranian literature. The oldest surviving chess pieces came from the Persian lands, thus reinforcing the belief that chess originated in Persia.
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