Answers.Body: <p>I agree with the comment that the question is too broad.</p>
  
  <p>However, in the spirit of helpfulness, these pages:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.chess.com/blog/jim_ostler/history-of-chess12" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.chess.com/blog/jim_ostler/history-of-chess12</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Chess.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Chess.htm</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.chessmaniac.com/the-etymology-of-chess/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.chessmaniac.com/the-etymology-of-chess/</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-chess-and-how" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-chess-and-how</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/wcc/transcribed/origin.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/wcc/transcribed/origin.htm</a></p>
  
  <p>may be useful in addition to Wikipedia.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>agree..broad ?..info for fun. There are 13 different claims to the origin of chess. No proof. Earliest documentation--600 A.D. Chaturanga - 4 sided game in what is now India. In this authors opinion chess was originally a 2 player game changed to a 4 player game then back to a 2 sided game. Trivia-the one peice that has not changed apperance or move pattern-knight..last major rule changes....Q &amp; O-O..France 1400s.   Source "A Short History of Chess" by Henry A. Davidson m.d.1949</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have heard numerous times that stated that India was the inventors of the original chess. I have also heard that the origin was in the Middle East. Sometimes I heard that the origin was in Arabia. As I have heard many things I wanted to know the right answer. If there is no right answer, please give the closest guess.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Everything should be in wikipedia.
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Comments.Text: This question is too broad for a focused Q&A site like Chess Stack Exchange. The Wikipedia article mentioned in the [history tag wiki](http://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/history/info) is a good start.
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ThreadText: # What's the origin of chess?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-07)
  
  I have heard numerous times that stated that India was the inventors of the original chess. I have also heard that the origin was in the Middle East. Sometimes I heard that the origin was in Arabia. As I have heard many things I wanted to know the right answer. If there is no right answer, please give the closest guess.
  
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  > **username_1**: Everything should be in wikipedia.  
  > **username_2**: This question is too broad for a focused Q&A site like Chess Stack Exchange. The Wikipedia article mentioned in the [history tag wiki](http://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/history/info) is a good start.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-01-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  I agree with the comment that the question is too broad.
  
  However, in the spirit of helpfulness, these pages:
  
  <https://www.chess.com/blog/jim_ostler/history-of-chess12>
  
  <http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Chess.htm>
  
  <http://www.chessmaniac.com/the-etymology-of-chess/>
  
  <https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-chess-and-how>
  
  <http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/wcc/transcribed/origin.htm>
  
  may be useful in addition to Wikipedia.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-01-09. Score: 3
  
  agree..broad ?..info for fun. There are 13 different claims to the origin of chess. No proof. Earliest documentation--600 A.D. Chaturanga - 4 sided game in what is now India. In this authors opinion chess was originally a 2 player game changed to a 4 player game then back to a 2 sided game. Trivia-the one peice that has not changed apperance or move pattern-knight..last major rule changes....Q & O-O..France 1400s. Source "A Short History of Chess" by Henry A. Davidson m.d.1949
  
  
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