Who invented Chess?
Many countries claim to be the inventor of the game in some form, but it is not known precisely where the origin of this game was, and one of the most popular opinions before that was that it originated in India and that it was born from the game Shatrunga, which seems to have been invented in the sixth century AD,
According to the Indian novel
In the Indian novel, it is mentioned that the one who invented chess was a minister called Sisa who worked for a king called Sherham, and he wanted to entertain him with a game that would bring his mind and relieve him of worry, but the king liked the game very much, so he gave him a reward, and asked him to determine it himself, while Sisa asked for a grain of rice One is placed in the first square, then doubled in the other squares until all the sixty-four chess squares are finished, but the king mocked his request, but he ordered him what he wanted, and it became clear in the end that all India rice would not suffice him in this way.
According to the Persian narration
According to the Persian novel, it talks about a king who requested the invention of a game from a philosopher that relied heavily on luck, and after days the philosopher returned with him carrying a dice game whose cubes could be randomly thrown on the ground, with the possibility of fixing it to any of the eight sides of the cube, and after he died The king was succeeded by a king who did not believe in luck and coincidence, so he asked the philosopher to invent a game that expresses freedom of choice, individual responsibility, and the consequence of his actions in life, and days later the philosopher came carrying with him a game of chess based on mathematical equations, calculated probabilities, and logical structures chosen by the player himself, and he was impressed The king with chess, asked to develop war plans that depend on them, while the philosopher set mathematical equations based on the possibilities of moving over his square board, and convinced him that they apply to what happens in our daily life.
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