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It’s #InternationalChessDay - that game you sometimes play with family to remind you of your own inadequacy. Checkmate!

We run through a brief history of one of the oldest and most popular board games 👇
The earliest version of Chess is believed to have originated in India more than 1,500 years ago before being taken up by the Muslim world and then to Europe.

The graphic below summarises the basic rules of the game 👇

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Since the first official World Chess Championship was held in 1886, only 20 players have held the prestigious championship title with nine of them having played for USSR/Russia 👇

♟️: aje.io/sr7846 | #InternationalChessDay
The current world number one ranked player is 31-year-old Magnus Carlsen from Norway.

While, Hou Yifan from China, aged 28, is the current women’s highest-ranked player 👇

♟️: aje.io/sr7846 | #InternationalChessDay
♟️ Want to know more about one of the oldest board games played between two players?

Read here 👇 aje.io/sr7846

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