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<p>161.53.232.46: </p> <hr /> <div>=== Origins of Chess ===<br /> <br /> '''Chess''' originated from the [[India]]n [[game]] <br /> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaturanga Chaturanga], <br /> about 1400 years ago. It reached [[Russia]] via [[Mongolia]], where it was played at the beginning of the [[7th century]]. From India it migrated to [[Persia]] and mutated into the game of <br /> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatranj Shatranj], <br /> and spread throughout the [[Islam]]ic world after the Muslim conquest of Persia. It was introduced into [[Spain]] by the Moors in the [[10th century]], where a famous games manuscript covering chess, [[backgammon]], and [[dice]] named the ''Libro de los juegos'', was written under the sponsorship of [[Alfonso X]] of [[Castile]] during the [[13th century]]. Chess reached [[England]] in the [[11th century]], and evolved through various versions such as Courier.<br /> <br /> === Speeding up the game ===<br /> In an effort to speed up the game, several rule modifications were introduced. This lead to a split between the old rules, e.g., the [[English short assize]], and the new rules, [[English long assize]]. The King and Queen were given the privilege to leap on their first move to any square they could reach in two moves. They could never capture with the leap. The King could not leap out of, in to, or through check. Before long, pawns gained the option of moving two squares on their first move and the en passant capture therewith. <br /> <br /> === &quot;Mad Queen&quot; chess ===<br /> By the end of the [[15th century]], most of the modern rules for the basic moves had been adopted (from Italy): bishops could move arbitrarily far along an open diagonal (previously being limited to a move of exactly two squares diagonally) while losing the ability to jump over the intervening square, and the queen was allowed to move arbitrarily far in any direction, making it the most powerful piece. (Before, she could only move one square diagonally.) There were still variations in rules for castling and the outcome in the case of stalemate. <br /> <br /> === Castling ===<br /> Castling evolved from conventional openings involving the King's leap. First one would move the rook next to the King, then the king would on a later move leap over the rook. Many forms of a combined King</div>

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