History of chess

Do you think that back then the king on the chessboard was very powerful? Because kings were powerful back then. ( If I we’re a king back then I would modify the chess rules such that you have to lose all your pieces you lose the game, to encourage my soldiers that if I die there is still hope to win the war. )

In shatranj, from which chess originated, the king was arguably the second most powerful piece, as it was the only piece that could capture both in a straight line and diagonally (both the queen and the bishop were significantly more powerful)

The game of chess originated in northern India in the 6th century AD and spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently, through the Moorish conquest of Spain, spread to Southern Europe

Milestones of the game
600AD: First clear reference to chess, in a Persian manuscript.
~700AD: Date of first undoubted chess pieces.
800AD: Moors bring chess to Spain and Sicily.
900AD: Early Muslim chess masters, as-Suli and al-Lajlaj write works on the technique of chess.
1000AD: Chess widespread in Europe, including Russia.
1300AD: First European comments on chess in sermons and stories.
1475–1500AD: Birth of the modern game: especially, new moves for queen and bishop.
1495: First printed chess book.
1497: First printed chess book to survive to the present day.
1600: First professional player-writers.
1780s: First master games to be recorded as they were played.
1836: First chess magazine.
1849: First US chess tournament.
1851: First international chess tournament.
1866: First match to be timed by clock.
1883: First tournament to use specially designed chess clocks.
1886: First acknowledged world championship match.

Thanks for the timeline,Ever_Green_Warrior.( My nose is bleeding now )