| No one knows how the game of Chess began. It | | | | of time, Chess became the most popular board |
| is not clear whether one person invented it, or | | | | game in Europe. A very interesting set of chess |
| whether several different board games gradually | | | | pieces called the Isle Lewis chess set was found |
| merged into one. Indoor board games have been | | | | at Nig, in the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The Isle |
| played for millenniums, but the game Chaturanga, | | | | Lewis chess set dates back to about the twelfth |
| linked to modern-day Chess can be traced back | | | | century. The Isle Lewis chess set forms the |
| to seventh-century India. Its roots probably go | | | | oldest surviving complete Chess set. The Isle |
| back further. The game may even have emerged | | | | Lewis chess set pieces are usually carved from |
| from a religious ceremony held in order to divine | | | | walrus ivory and depict characters in a variety of |
| the balance between good and evil. Since it's so | | | | bad moods, from rage to gloom. The backs are |
| hard to draw exact conclusions from such sparse | | | | carved with elaborate interlacing designs like those |
| evidence, we may never know for sure where | | | | on the reverse of the old Tarot cards. The |
| Chess really originated. Regardless of where it | | | | Queens rest their cheeks on their right hands, the |
| originated, chess is the most enjoyable board | | | | Kings have swords laid across their laps, while the |
| game that gentlemen can play. The use of | | | | Bishops are mitered and are seated. The |
| strategy to make and plan moves is loved by | | | | contemporary Isle Lewis chess set is a collection |
| many.From India, Chess spread quickly to Persia | | | | of all chess pieces you need to play a game of |
| (present-day Iran), and after the Arabian | | | | Chess.Many a debate has been settled with the |
| conquest, it reached the Arab world. Chaturanga | | | | playing of the game. Chess uses advanced |
| now renamed Shatranj, thrived in the "Golden | | | | strategies in order to plan your moves ahead of |
| Age of Islam" between the eight and the eleventh | | | | time. Without this planning, it is easy to loose a |
| century. The Arabs were great mathematicians, | | | | game of chess rather quickly.Keith Londrie II is a |
| and the numerical nature of Chess complemented | | | | successful Webmaster and publisher of A website |
| their scientific interests. Chess arrived in Europe | | | | that specializes in providing information about |
| by a variety of different trade routes and by the | | | | chess information about chess that you can |
| early invasions of Spain and Sicily. The Vikings | | | | research on the internet in your pajamas from |
| took Chess farther westward, and by the | | | | the comfort of your own home. Visit Chess |
| beginning of the eleventh century, Chess was | | | | Today! |
| already well known across Europe.In a short span | | | | |