Mind sport
Chess
Sixty-four squares, no hidden information, no luck at all.
- Origin
- India, c. 6th century
- Players
- 2
- Governing body
- FIDE
- Board
- 8 × 8, 64 squares
- Pieces
- 16 each
- Olympic
- No — but has its own Olympiad
Three ways in
Option one
Rules & how to play
Everything you need to follow a game of chess: the objective, the field, the fouls and the officials.
7 sections
Option two
History & origins
Where chess came from and how it grew, told as a timeline of the moments that changed it.
11 milestones
Option three
Players
Search the greats by name, country or honour — or scroll the list to find someone you've never heard of.
10 profiles