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- Chess is almost 1,500 years old. It probably came from India, but could have originated in China.
- In 1985, Gary Kasparov became the youngest champion at age 22 years 210 days.
- Checkmate means “the king is dead” in Arabic.
- The second book to be printed in English was about chess.
- The first computer to beat a maestro was called Deep Thought. This happened in 1988.
- The longest theoretical game possible would be 5,949.
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