Why is chess important? This question has been de-bated over time. The answers are varied. Every chess player has an explanation. A popular line of reasoning is that chess has embedded itself into our culture and that is reason enough to indulge in the royal game. Another view is that there are an estimated 600 million regular chess players worldwide, quoting from a survey which was commissioned by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, or FIDE (pronounced Fee-day), the world chess organization. However, a former chess prodigy, and now an astute politician, expounded his views in relation to the origins of chess. He contends that chess itself comes from a higher plane, either God or outer space. It certainly is not of this world.
The game is very old. Historians say chess has its origins in India, going way back to the year 6ad. A story is told of a powerful king who wanted to lessen his wife’s boredom at the palace and therefore instructed his courtesans to develop a social board game.
The game should make provision for a stalemate factor. Sacrifices should also be a weapon to influence a decision in the game, in addition to other creative allowances. And so the sages of the
