The first tournament was probably Madrid 1575.
it was in a particular political context. Ruy Lopez played there. I suppose that the level of play of players of Ruy Lopez's level should have approached the modern 1900s or 2000s. don't forget that there were almost no modern chess books (just anthologies of games with some commentaries), and no computer or technology to improve the memorization of lines.
the game was played by instinct and human calculation abilities with the knowledge of the time about the game. it is assumed that these were attacking games, very aggressive, or prophylaxis did not exist and where games could quickly end, usually by checkmate.
the first modern theorist and the first serious notions of chess defense is Philidor.
This -
www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259987 - is generally accepted to be the first recorded game of "modern" chess - with the moves of the Queen and Bishop as we now know them
The queen did one step at a time in 1475. It started move differently in 1495. So something is wrong with the years and when the Queen had more mobility. The Queen first started changing mobility in which region? Other regions would later on adopt to the change.
www.uschesstrust.org/the-emergence-of-two-powerful-queens-queen-isabella-of-spain-and-the-chess-queen/A modern chess databases should only have games that follow the same modern chess rules. Historical games that had differnet rules like stalemate that had a different meaning should not be included in these modern databases. It would be like mixing chess variants all in one database.
If the game is considered modern, it had to use the modern stalemate rule. I don't think it had the same modern stalemate run.
www.perplexity.ai/search/Chess-related-questions-FkAyTX0zQ_.dmlJWSWMbvw@sheckley666 said in #7:
> Hmmm - I think you miss the role of Persians and Arabs, and maybe some more peoples. AFAIK, chess had been in europe some centuries before the British were in India.
@petri999 said in #8:
> Chess was not taken west by British colonizers. It arrived to Europe via Muslim's partly parts of Europe. Like Spain. maybe google up history of chess while googling for first recorded game
People, People! Chess was brought to Britain by Muslims and Arabs and Persians. But it was widely popularized by Britishers. They got to know about chess/chaturanga by the Muslims and Indians and then since they were much more recognizable in the world at that time they popularized it firstly in their own country and then Europe. Slowly, It went to Asia and the Americas.
@jezzat said in #12:
> This -
www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259987 - is generally accepted to be the first recorded game of "modern" chess - with the moves of the Queen and Bishop as we now know them
Well, it does say "may be the oldest", so one cannot be sure. As I said previously, I researched on
chessgames.com a bit myself and there was no game which said "This game IS the oldest". Also, even if this was the oldest game, their level was not that good. But I still can't believe that this was the game of the year in 2012 :/ Then I guess guys just cheer up since we all can get game of the day sometime! :)
@AyaanshGaur12 said in #14:
> But it was widely popularized by Britishers.
No
Chaturanga was taken to Persia where it became known as shatranj. The Persians modified the game and its terminology. With the expansion of the Islamic Empire, shatranj spread across the Muslim world, including North Africa and Spain. This was facilitated by the cultural and scholarly exchanges within the Islamic Golden Age. Muslims introduced shatranj to Europe, particularly through the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal) during the period of the Moorish occupation starting in the 8th century. The game spread across Europe through Spain and Italy, becoming known as "chess" in the western world. The game's rules and pieces continued to evolve over the centuries, influenced by European cultural contexts,
And about popularization of chess by britishers:
The modern rules of chess began to take shape in Southern Europe during the late 15th century. The piece movements were standardized, with significant changes such as the increased power of the queen and the bishop.
By the 19th century, Britain played a crucial role in formalizing and popularizing chess. London became a central hub for chess with the establishment of chess clubs, tournaments, and publications.
The first modern chess tournament was held in London in 1851, organized by Howard Staunton, a prominent British chess player. This event marked the beginning of competitive chess as we know it today.
Credits: Wikipedia
Please check A History Of Chess by HJR Murray where games from over 1000 years ago' were recorded that you can play over
@AyaanshGaur12 The book is a joy & was written between 1899-1911 & was published in 1912 in a nice Hardcover over 1000 page Edition of the History Of Chess up until then which is amazing'
@ThunderClap said in #19:
> Please check A History Of Chess by HJR Murray where games from over 1000 years ago' were recorded that you can play over
@AyaanshGaur12 The book is a joy & was written between 1899-1911 & was published in 1912 in a nice Hardcover over 1000 page Edition of the History Of Chess up until then which is amazing'
Thanks for the information, but I just wanna say that what i just said #18 its not just lies it from
wikipedia.org itself. So now people will have to choose between book and the wiki. I would not like to continue this "so-called fight" (started by
@petri999 as usual by his harsh lang. as always), and ppl can think whatever they want to.
