- The word “Checkmate” come from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the King is dead.”
- In a single game of chess, there can be 400 possible moves after each move is played
- Playing Chess Can Help to Improve the Memory
- The second book to ever be printed in the English language was about chess
- The world record for the number of moves without capture is 100; this was set in 1992
- The record of moves without capture is of 100 moves played in 1992.
- Now a days, Chess is taken as algorithmic game where both players at beginning play as per algorithm
- It is also believed that most match fixing happen in CHESS game