Chess History - From Chaturanga to the Modern World Championship
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Where did chess come from? Chess traces its roots to Chaturanga, a game played in India around the 6th century CE. It spread to Persia as Shatranj, was carried by the Islamic world to North Africa and Europe, and evolved into its modern form during the late 15th century in Spain and Italy.
Origins in India
Chaturanga (6th century CE)
The earliest known ancestor of chess originated in the Gupta Empire of northern India.
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