The lovable duo, Emma and Ethan, as well as their Red Panda companion, all beautifully and colourfully drawn, make the rich origins of chess palatable to a young audience.
Once a game played with human-like shapes and buried in the fathomless depths of history, chess has now become an exhilarating game with up to 250,000 new players every day.
Coming out of the concept of positional chess was hypermodernism, or the idea of controlling the center with pieces, not just pawns. The idea arose in the 1920s…
Did you know that the game of chess was created 1,500 years ago? Chess, like most things, has evolved over time… When we compare current day chess to its origin years, it is a whole lot different from what it is now.
Did you know that in ancient times, the queen could only move one square at a time, or that the word “checkmate” means “the king is dead” in Persian?
