History Chinese chess has a long history.

During the Warring States Period, there were already official records about chess. For example, "Chu Ci? Zhaohun" states: "To cover chess, there are six books; to divide the cao and advance together, to force each other; to be an owl, to fight, and to call the five whites."

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"Shuo Yuan" records: Yongmenzi Zhou met Lord Mengchang with his qin and said: "He is the ruler of thousands of chariots at his feet... Yan then plays chess and dances with Zheng Nu." It can be seen that chess has been popular among the aristocracy as far back as the Warring States Period.

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Based on the above situation and the shape of chess, it can be inferred that chess originated in the clan areas of southern China around the founding of the Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC).

In early chess, the chess system consisted of three instruments: chess, chopsticks, and game.

Two sides play chess, each side has six pieces, namely: Xiao, Lu, Pheasant, Du, and Sai (two pieces).

The chess pieces are carved from ivory.

Chopsticks are equivalent to dice, and chopsticks must be thrown before playing chess.

Game is a square chessboard.

During the game, "throw six chopsticks and play six chess pieces", compete with each other with skill and wit, attack and force each other, and kill the opponent.

The military system during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period consisted of a team of five people, with one team leader and six soldiers. The football game used as a military training at that time also had six people per side.

It can be seen that early chess was a game that symbolized fighting at that time.

On the basis of this chess system, a chess game called "Sai" appeared later, which only played chess without throwing chopsticks, getting rid of the element of luck in early chess.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Sai Opera was quite popular, and it was also called "Gewu" at that time.

The Sai Opera chessboard unearthed from the Western Han Dynasty Tomb in Yunmeng, Hubei and the painted wooden figurines unearthed from the Mozuizi Han Tomb in Wuwei, Gansu Province can support the description of the form and structure of Sai Opera in Bian Shao's Sai Fu in the Han Dynasty.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the form of chess continued to change, and it had a relationship with India.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Emperor Wu (reigned from 561 to 578 AD) compiled the "Xiang Jing", Wang Bao wrote the "Xiang Opera? Preface", and Geng Xin wrote the "Xiang Opera Jing Fu", marking the second development of chess.

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During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, chess activities developed steadily and were frequently recorded in historical books, the most important of which are the account of Wu Zetian's dream of playing chess frequently in the "Nine Admonitions of Liang Gong" in "Shiliju Series" and "Xuanguailu" by Niu Sengru

There is a story about Cen Shun dreaming of chess in the first year of Baoying (AD 762).

Combined with the Suzhou brocade that can be seen today in the early Northern Song Dynasty, it is decorated with four patterns of "Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting", and uses an eight-by-eight chessboard with alternating light and dark to represent chess, and the copper tapestry unearthed in Kaifeng, Henan, with patterns painted on the back

Chess pieces, we can draw the conclusion that the shape of chess in the Tang Dynasty has many similarities with early international chess.

The popularity of chess at that time can be seen from many records in poetry and legends.

The three volumes of chess score "Qi Bo Xiang Xi Ge" may be written in the Tang Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was a time when chess became widely popular and its form underwent major changes.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Sima Guang's "Seven Kingdoms Elephant Opera", Yin Zhu's "Elephant Opera Ges" and "Chess Positions", Chao Buzhi's "Guangxiang Opera Pictures" and other techniques came into being, and "Elephant Opera" was also popular among the people.

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After nearly a hundred years of practice, chess was finalized into a modern model at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty: 32 chess pieces, a chessboard with river borders, nine palaces, etc.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, chess became "well known to every household" and became an extremely popular chess activity.

Literary writers such as Li Qingzhao and Liu Kezhuang, and politicians such as Hong Zun and Wen Tianxiang were all fond of playing chess.

Among the "chess waiting for the imperial edict" set up by the palace, chess players accounted for more than half.

Among the people, there are professionals called "chess masters" and craftsmen who specialize in chess pieces and chess boards.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, various chess writings also appeared, such as Hong Mai's "Chess Classics", Ye Maoqing's "Collection of Chess Divine Machines", and Chen Yuanliang's "Shi Lin Guang Ji".

During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, chess continued to be popular among the people, and the technical level continued to improve. Many summary theoretical monographs appeared, the most important of which are "Dream into the Divine Machine", "The Eighteen Changes of Jin Peng", and "The Secret of Orange"

, "Suitable Elegance", "Plum Blossom Score", "Zhuxiangzhai Xiangqi Score", etc.

Literati and scholars such as Yang Shen, Tang Yin, Lang Ying, Luo Qi, and Yuan Mei all loved playing chess. The emergence of a large number of famous chess players shows that chess is loved by people from all walks of life.

After the founding of New China, chess entered a new stage of development.

In 1956, chess became a national sport.

Since then, national competitions have been held almost every year.

In 1962, the Chinese Chess Association, a subordinate organization of the All-China Sports Federation, was established, and subordinate associations were established in various places.

Over the past 40 years, due to the promotion of mass chess activities and competitions, the level of chess has improved rapidly, and outstanding chess players have continued to emerge. Among them, Yang Guanlin, Hu Ronghua, Liu Dahua, Zhao Guorong, Li Laiqun, Lu Qin, Xu Yinchuan, etc. are the most famous.

Chess is a chess game in which two people take turns to move, and the victory is to "checkmate" or "trap" the opponent's general (handsome). It has hundreds of millions of fans.

It can not only enrich cultural life and cultivate sentiment, but also help develop intelligence, enlighten thinking, exercise dialectical analysis ability and cultivate strong will.

Before the Tang Dynasty, chess had only four arms: general, rook, horse and pawn.

Song Chao Wujiu's "Guangxiangqi" has 32 chess pieces, which is the same as the total number of modern chess pieces, but it is not known whether there is a river boundary on the chessboard.

"Shi Lin Guang Ji" during the Song and Yuan Dynasties published the complete moves of the two games of chess.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many chess books were published, especially "Suitable Elegance" by Xu Zhi in the Ming Dynasty, "Secrets in Oranges" by Zhu Jinzhen in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, "Plum Blossom Pu" by Wang Zaiyue in the Qing Dynasty and "Bamboo Chess" by Zhang Qiaodong.

"Xiangzhaixiang Opera Book" is even more famous.