==== Game of kings Chess is called the Game of Kings. ¹⁾

In chess, as in any other sport, the most important thing is competition, skill development, and strategy. Competition based on intellectual activity with the goal of achieving a sporting result is also considered a sport. ²⁾

In Persian, “Shah Mat” means “the king is dead.” ³⁾

There are eight ways to get to checkmate in two moves and 355 ways to get to checkmate in three moves. ⁴⁾

The Grandmaster title is awarded to chess players who within a certain period of time achieve three valuable results in international tournaments competing with Grandmasters. ⁵⁾

The rule that in chess the white go first was officially introduced at the 1880 world championships. ⁶⁾

A chess game can end in a draw when three times the same position appears on the board, one of the players gives perpetual chess, or makes 50 moves without moving a pawn or hitting any piece. ⁷⁾

Stalemate is the draw ending of a game caused by repeating moves that checkmate the opponent's king. ⁸⁾

India is considered to be the cradle of chess. ⁹⁾

The first international chess competition was organized in London in 1851. ¹⁰⁾

It has been calculated that the longest possible chess game leading to victory could theoretically have as many as 5949 moves. ¹¹⁾

The longest official chess game lasted 269 moves. It was played in 1989 between Nikolic and Arsovin. It lasted over 20 hours and ended in a draw. ¹²⁾

The best female chess player, Judit Polgár, became a grandmaster at the age of 12. ¹³⁾

The youngest grandmaster was Sergey Karjakin. He received the title in 2002 at the age of 12 years and 7 months. ¹⁴⁾

In 1960, Janos Flesch played 52 chess games simultaneously while blindfolded. 31 were won. ¹⁵⁾