The history of chess, one of the most ancient strategic board games ever, has long been a topic of discussion. Since Shatranj (Chess), the game's original form, is thought to have originated in ...

Spread of Chess From India, the game spread to Persia, where it became known as “shatranj.” Later it spread to the Arab world and Europe. The modern version of chess that we play today began ...

an international chess master and an associate professor of computer science and engineering at the University at Buffalo in New York, told Live Science in an email. "The modern word 'shatranj ...

The game piece, which is made mostly out of antler, would have been used to play what was called shatranj (called chess today). There is likely some lead inside the piece to help it "stand firmly ...

players might obtain certain chess pieces and chess piece activation devices. These can be used on Safhe Shatranj's chessboard, a hidden area located in the south-west part of the new desert area.

That is the way it was in shatranj, a precursor to modern-day chess. Instead of picking which player gets the favorable color, something like a coin toss would determine which color gets to move ...

Indeed, for centuries, chess was central to the Muslim ethos. This was best illustrated in Munshi Premchand’s classic 1924 story Shatranj ke Khiladi, brought to cinematic life by the great ...

Once you complete “The Fallen Falcon” (the world quest after “The Falcon’s Hunt) and place the five chess pieces in Safhe Shatranj, “Apocalypse Lost” will start. A sixth chess piece ...