On The Move - Travel Chess Sets
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Travel Chess Sets.

Overview:

"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." - Max Euwe. It is indeed astonishing that even after centuries of analysis, Chess poses us with ever new and ever more profound questions. The further one advances in its research, the more one discovers new vistas and inexplicable problems of which one did not even suspect the existence.

History:

No one knows how the game of Chess began. Board games similar to Chess have been played for millenniums, but the game Chaturanga, linked to contemporary Chess can be traced back to seventh-century India. From India, Chess spread quickly to Persia (present-day Iran), and after the Arabian conquest, it reached the Arab world. Chaturanga now renamed Shatranj, thrived in the "Golden Age of Islam" between the eight and the eleventh century. Chess arrived in Europe by a variety of different trade routes and by the early invasions of Spain and Sicily. The Vikings took Chess farther westward, and by the beginning of the eleventh century, Chess was already well known across Europe.

Chess Sets:

In the standard chess sets, you generally have white and black playing pieces. Each opposing side gets exactly the same number and kinds of units, namely a King, a Queen, two Rooks, two Bishops, two Knights, and eight Pawns. The price of chess sets varies from as little as fifty cents for the miniature pocket-sized plastic travel chess sets to priceless sets like the Isle of Lewis chess set found in the British museum. Some fancier travel chess sets have dark and light colored units in all different shapes and sizes, but it's usually easy enough to categorize who is who, and which side is "Black" or "White." The travel chess sets are just what you need if you are traveling. These sets are built to endure the rigors of daily use. Such beautiful, compact travel chess sets can be purchased at any retail toy and game store, and come in a variety of sizes. Travel chess sets containing diminutive magnetic pieces also come in pocket-sizes for long trips, and there are innumerable computerized versions of the game on the market today.

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