Chess was created 200 BC, but nobody really knows why, where, or who created it. Some people think chess was created by Persians, but others suspect it was created in China. However, many historians agree that chess was originally called Chaturanga, an Indian game more than 2,400 years old.

Chaturanga was very similar to chess, except for a few rules; There was no castling (when the king swaps with the rook) or en passanting (when a pawn gets out another pawn, without actually going to the space it is), and pawns couldn't move two spaces on their first move, among other rules.

The name "chess" was created when British merchants misheard the original name, shah, which means king in Persian.

Daniel, a Blake eleventh grader who has been playing chess for over 10 years, said his favorite part of chess is the openings. Many people play chess today, and there are chess games happening all over the world.