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The history of chess can be traced back around 1500 years; started in the North of India and then spread throughout the Asian continent.
Chess made its way via the expanding Islamic Arabian empire to Europe.
The rules of chess changed numerous times until the 1880’s (the romantic era of chess).
The first official World Chess Championship was hosted in 1886.
The 20th century revolutionized chess with the invention of databases and chess engines.