Chess Origins
This ancient Indian game, created around the 6th century, is considered the earliest form of chess.
What is Chaturanga?
This 3-point diagonal-moving piece comes on black and white squares for each player.
What is the Bishop?
Currently ranked #2 in the world.
Who is Hikaru Nakamura?
Checkers became popular in Europe during the Middle Ages because it was simple, fast to learn, and accessible to all.
What is draughts?
In checkers, pieces can do this over an opponent’s piece to capture it.
What is hop or jump?
In Chaturanga, this piece represented infantry soldiers.
What are Pawns?
This piece moves in an L-shape and can hop over other pieces.
What is the Knight?
Currently ranked #1 in the world, this Norwegian guy is known for dominating modern chess.
Who is Magnus Carlsen?
This Middle Eastern game, played on a grid and involving jumping to capture pieces, influenced modern checkers.
What is Alquerque?
When a checker reaches the opponent’s back row, it gains this ability.
What is kinging or becoming a king?
In Chaturanga, rooks represented these vehicles used in ancient warfare.
What are Chariots?
In the 10th–11th century, Europe introduced this powerful piece to chess.
What is the Queen?
A popular chess YouTuber, ranked #3333 in the world.
Who is Levy Rozman and/or Gotham Chess?
This 18th-century figure helped standardise the rules of checkers.
Who is William Payne?
The main goal of checkers is to do this to all of your opponent’s pieces.
What is to capture?
When chess spread to Persia, it became known by this name.
What is Shatranj?
A chess term describing the relative value of all pieces a player has on the board.
What is Material?
This former World Chess Champion popularized chess globally in the modern era.
Who is Garry Kasparov?
In many countries, checkers is also called this.
What is draughts?
In 2015, these two players faced off in the checkers championship.
Who are Alexander Georgiev and Roel Boomstra?
This Persian king encouraged chess and other intellectual pursuits at his court.
Who is Khosrow I?
A quick checkmate in the opening, often achieved with 1.e4, 2.Bc4, 3.Qh5, 4.Qxf7#.
What is Scholar's Mate?
The reason why this person didn't make it to the chess team.
What is Scholar's Mate? 😠
Considered the greatest checkers player of all time, he was undefeated for 40 years.
Who is Marion Tinsley?
Checkers is often called this because it’s easy to learn and played by both young and old.
What is a simple or family-friendly game?