@AyaanshGaur12 said in #18:
> Chaturanga was taken to Persia where it became known as shatranj. The Persians modified the game and its terminology. With the expansion of the Islamic Empire, shatranj spread across the Muslim world, including North Africa and Spain. This was facilitated by the cultural and scholarly exchanges within the Islamic Golden Age. Muslims introduced shatranj to Europe, particularly through the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal) during the period of the Moorish occupation starting in the 8th century. The game spread across Europe through Spain and Italy, becoming known as "chess" in the western world. The game's rules and pieces continued to evolve over the centuries, influenced by European cultural contexts,
> And about popularization of chess by britishers:
> The modern rules of chess began to take shape in Southern Europe during the late 15th century. The piece movements were standardized, with significant changes such as the increased power of the queen and the bishop.
> By the 19th century, Britain played a crucial role in formalizing and popularizing chess. London became a central hub for chess with the establishment of chess clubs, tournaments, and publications.
> The first modern chess tournament was held in London in 1851, organized by Howard Staunton, a prominent British chess player. This event marked the beginning of competitive chess as we know it today.
> Credits: Wikipedia
if the importance of the English influence in the popularization of the game and its practice is undoubted, allow me to qualify that they more or less copied what was done in Paris in the 18th century. since the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire gradually broke the noble/bourgeois entertainment value of chess games. in addition, the exile of certain French aristocrats to England or Austria made it possible to mix chess traditions.
because during the time of Kermur de Légal and Philidor, as a certain passion for orientalism reigned (at least since the visit of the ambassador of the Ottoman Empire), this generated a renewed interest in the game of chess , which becomes bourgeois entertainment in cafés. Philidor develops the notion of simultaneous and blind play and does not hesitate to play with fewer pieces. people like Voltaire, Rousseau, Rameau or Fragonard regularly frequent cafés.
and in the past, notably under Henri IV, France was also rather inspired by Spanish chess traditions.
> Chaturanga was taken to Persia where it became known as shatranj. The Persians modified the game and its terminology. With the expansion of the Islamic Empire, shatranj spread across the Muslim world, including North Africa and Spain. This was facilitated by the cultural and scholarly exchanges within the Islamic Golden Age. Muslims introduced shatranj to Europe, particularly through the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal) during the period of the Moorish occupation starting in the 8th century. The game spread across Europe through Spain and Italy, becoming known as "chess" in the western world. The game's rules and pieces continued to evolve over the centuries, influenced by European cultural contexts,
> And about popularization of chess by britishers:
> The modern rules of chess began to take shape in Southern Europe during the late 15th century. The piece movements were standardized, with significant changes such as the increased power of the queen and the bishop.
> By the 19th century, Britain played a crucial role in formalizing and popularizing chess. London became a central hub for chess with the establishment of chess clubs, tournaments, and publications.
> The first modern chess tournament was held in London in 1851, organized by Howard Staunton, a prominent British chess player. This event marked the beginning of competitive chess as we know it today.
> Credits: Wikipedia
if the importance of the English influence in the popularization of the game and its practice is undoubted, allow me to qualify that they more or less copied what was done in Paris in the 18th century. since the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire gradually broke the noble/bourgeois entertainment value of chess games. in addition, the exile of certain French aristocrats to England or Austria made it possible to mix chess traditions.
because during the time of Kermur de Légal and Philidor, as a certain passion for orientalism reigned (at least since the visit of the ambassador of the Ottoman Empire), this generated a renewed interest in the game of chess , which becomes bourgeois entertainment in cafés. Philidor develops the notion of simultaneous and blind play and does not hesitate to play with fewer pieces. people like Voltaire, Rousseau, Rameau or Fragonard regularly frequent cafés.
and in the past, notably under Henri IV, France was also rather inspired by Spanish chess traditions.
