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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Would love to play some of the older variations of chess and other cultures takes on the game, I would like to know how to go about playing the older versions with people
The person who checkmated the prince checkmated so many other people
Thank you,, nice taling
Lets be real an elephant is way cooler than a bishop
bring back the elephant piece
1:35 "Shah Mat" can also mean "The king is dead".
Why does the queen looks so sus in the thumbnail
you know what just suddenly becoming popular all of us are then because of the Queen's Gambit ( which I haven't is a pretty good show) and for some reason the internet and the pandemic for some reason despite video games being there but it's nice
my thoughts on it is
King Solomon invented chess שלמה המלך
3000 years ago
Modern Chess was invented in india
This is a masterpiece
In India we still call “Queen” as “Wazir” means “Minister”
Most enjoyable video,, fantastic graphics too! makes this game more personable !
5:00: Jokes on them, I finally managed to beat a computer at Battle Chess; it’s a good game and I recommend it.
Check mate
Cool
I am very good chess
i really thought bobby fischer was there
Listen mom they used a opening we had never seen before they called it the bong-cloud
Bro just dropped the trailer for the game: Chess
1:35 the slovene name and checkmetae is also the same name as here
And in africa
Pawn to e4
The treadmill is still a torture device today!
In the Arabic world the Queen is called the vizier
Rest In Peace.
Ok
This gives me pai shou vibes
Chess is so fun.
cool video
The king had a feeling suiiii
Suffice to say the speaker doesnt want to credit the Origin on the Gupta prince – India. Not sure why that bias..
its satranch not chturanga
Ah yes, cheering up your mother about their dead son by making his death immortalized and recreated again and again for all eternity. Those were the days.
5:20 The fact that I am watching this video on the treadmill alarms me
Garry Kasparov when he watch this video =>😡
But he still legend of legends
Carlsen vs Deepblue 1997? i want to see this match
Lmao the ending, when that person was about to pull the plug and the computer got sad
Arabs still call bishop as elephant (Feel) and Queen as Minister (Wazeer, w not v), like how originally it was.
For all that enjoy the queen piece, it was originated in medieval Spain during the reign of Isabella the first.
The people dedicated to this video definitely love chess
The oldest book of chess is the Gottingen Manuscript which was written at around 13 hundred ad
back when chess had patch notes and bug fixes
It… did not felt like 5 minutes…
Lore
Did anyone saw that adolf’s knight that checkmated the king was illegal
Nice😊
0:43 that animation was so cute 😂😂
2:26 so this isnt gou this is xiangqi
4:38 ''The player who would truly upset Russian dominance was not a citizen of another country.''
4:58 Proceeds to shamelessly mark Deep Blue with an American flag