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Chess
A selection of black and white chess pieces on a chequered surface.

Part of a Staunton chess set
Left to right: white king, black rook, blackqueen, white pawn, black knight, white bishop
Years active c. 6th-century to present
Genre(s) Board game
Abstract strategy game
Mind sport
Players 2
Playing time Casual games usually last 10 to 60 minutes; tournament games last anywhere from about ten minutes (fast chess) to six hours or more.
Random chance None
Skill(s) required Strategytactics

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.[1] The game is played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is believed to have originated in India sometime before the 7th century. The game was derived from the Indian game chaturanga, which is also the likely ancestor of the Eastern strategy games xiangqijanggi, and shogi. Chess reached Europe by the 9th century, due to the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. The pieces assumed their current powers in Spain in the late 15th century; the rules were standardized in the 19th century.