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what is chess all about?

What is chess all about? History :- chess is originated from  India . can be traced back nearly 1500 years;  From India, the game spread to Persia . When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century. 605 million adults play chess regularly". Chess is played at least once a year by 12% of British people, 15% of Americans, 23% of Germans, 43% of Russians, and   70% of Indian people. Setup :- Chess  is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered game board with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. Each player begins with 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Each of the six piece types moves differently, Movement:- The player with the white pieces always moves first. If the player to move has no legal move, the game is over; it is ei