@Aziz Calva-Navarro I live in a crowded city but we have nice trails and see the wild life.rain and winter I have a coat and studies have shown you loose more weight when cold. As for when you need to be home you walk on your free time but if you still want the treadmill okay by me
So from India, it travelled to Persia(Iran), then after Arab conquest of Persia, Arabs learnt about the game. From them, it slowly spread to Europe and Central Asia. Chaturanga(Sanskrit) became Chatraanj(Arabic) and then Chess(English). It also had a different route where it spread to South East Asia and China and eventually Japan. Shikamaru from Naruto used to be a master of Japanese version of this game.
Actually it was chaturanga in india then chatrang in the sassanid empire then shatranj in arabic empire because the persian consonant ch does not exist in arabic
There's something confused me , he's mentioned go or weixin in china is completely different with chess , even ai could beat human champion only recently
Now make the appropriate sacrifices, look forward for the end game, and see more steps ahead than life can throw its problems at you. N when u fall, start all over again.
I feel so frustrated with the king piece. Like the whole kingdom is trying to save you and you just move one square at a time like you don't give a damn
@@dba6097 those are shorthand for chess movements. The first letter represents the piece being moved, then the second letter & number together represent the square on the board the piece is moving to. The specific ones used in OP's comment don't matter (as far as I know), they're just saying it would be hilariously cold of the son to say the shorthand of the movements to explain the brother's death.
Ludo and snakes and ladders are also from india, ludo is called chausar/choupar/choupat in sanskrit, and pachissi in hindi which is also the word from where romance languages and usa english gets the name "parques", it was much more famous in ancient india comparatively to chaturanga. There is a 4 player chess too called chaturaji different fron chaturanga
@@animegod978 If you want to know who they are, well, they are as follows: Deborah is the name of the only Female Prophet of the Bible who not only was Wise and Courageous, but helped win the Battle of Mount Tabor. Boudicca led Celtic tribes to fight against Romans who invaded their homeland. and Mulan is a legendary figure who uses her brains to strategize on how they can win against an invading army.
@@iblamelance5350 pawns can increase in rank and become queens. Not only that but togheter, pans make powerful defenses and traps. The king ,on the other hand, is helpless.
*15th Century:* These _chess_ games will be the moral downfall of our civilization! *20th Century:* These _video_ games will be the moral downfall of our civilization!
Imagine telling your brother's death from a game. "Your son died in the battlefield. I'm truly sorry for your loss... anyways, pawn e4". - Prince of the Gupta Empire
For anyone wondering the moves of the weak advisor piece, It moved like a bishop, but could only move 1 square in each direction, but it was later buffed to 2, and then it got heavily buffed into the Queen. Little bit of chess history for you
This story clearly shows how people of ancient world were so interested in intelligence otherwise it would have been very hard for this great intellectual game to exist for thousands of years
Lol, this comment chain reeks of "my intelligence is superior, I don't need a good body". Kids, if you read this, no one cares how big your IQ is, only how good you look. Go to the gym.
In Mahabharat , chess is shown used Krishna to teach his nephew strategies of war. So it's much older than Gupta Empire and already used to teach war strategies. Many other Indian games are similar in that aspect like Kabbadi.
Queen's only used in west. It's still called the minister most places I've been and rightly so as it's the most mobile and powerful pawn. Just like how it would be in a constitutional democracy.
@@nggaknormal it would've been great back in the days...🤣🤣 Now there's nothing as creative from India. Golden history of India has taken so many turns, I feel sad for it. Cultures that are only remembered, though only sometimes, and live to the fullest, no more.
I always go back to this video from time to time. The animation, the story and how the pieces have their own little personality. I wish there was an actual set with the design of the pieces.
In India, chess pieces even now are named as - King - raja (king) Queen - Mantri (Minister) Bishop - Senapati (general) Knight - Ghoda (horse) Rook - Hathi(elephant)
@Vasilijan Nikolovski You're not wrong. Also, he eventually went mad, and eventually refused to play anything besides random chess (where the pieces are placed randomly at the start).
Chess has had many rules changes ajd updates over time. Bobby Fischer even created a new rule set that randomizes starting position. There is a lot of debate about how chess needs to change now that computers can figure everything out.
@@youraveragebedwarssweat5922 yeah I play chess too lol I know what rapid is. I just remember they had to change the wording of the rule cause someone thought they could castle with a promoted pawn because technically neither the rook or the king moved, just the pawn. They didn't have to make a new rule or anything though that would be kinda funny.
@@jasonstewart8612 you can't because newly created rook have to switch places with two of original rook for that.. In both cases you have to move the original rook.. and the rule goes , you can't castle if king or " rooks" have moved from there square..
I liked how at 0:33 and at 5:14 showed that even good chess player/system against person with power, had to surrender, indicating that no matter how good you are at something you can easily face loss in that either by bullying or luck....... And also understanding/predicting human nature is more tough and comlex than any other things
Interesting fact, Chaturanga in Indonesia becomes Catur which also mean 4. I believe it was adopted from sanskrit word. Check is called sekak, which usually fit in to Javanese language.
catur does indeed come from the Sanskrit word for 4. similarly, the Latin word for 4 is quattuor. they are cognants since they are both ancient Indo-European languages.
India: Invents Chess. Europe: “We’ll take it from here, merci” Edit: My dear humans, this was a joke. So, please laugh at it and continue on your journey through the comment section.
I don’t know if this makes sense to anyone else, but in my head, Chess takes place on an ice skating rink. Like the pawns have the little walker thingies, The knights know how to jump, the queen is gliding around having the time of her life, and the king is like “Im sOoO good at ice skating” and then can barely move.
I'll be happy to see the history from classics like Paul Morphy, Capablanca & Mikhail Tal, then modern games played by Boris Spassky VS Bobby Fischer, Kasparov VS Karpov and lastly the rise of Magnus Carlsen
if you like to see chess dramatized then check out our channel. We are film-makers who are really into chess and use our free time to do fun and crazy chess videos.
@@lordx4641 yes, the Gupta period saw mathematicians like Aryabhatta, who basically invented trigonometry, and they also developed the decimal system, among other things.
Think of it as the best chess players can only lose by the best chess computers. Only the best can defeat the best. Even the best chess computers lose sometimes though, just like real players
@@taitslong3417 coz most Indians are interested only in cricket and most funds are diverted to cricket otherwise India can produce more world champions
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Combodia and other southeast asian nations share so much with India from Ramayana to Chaturanga. Our cultures are very close
@Light Yagami nope. I'm Indian and this claim is false. Hinduism spread later in south east asia, after Greeks attacked following fall of mauryas. Wtf. Only cholas had territories out of India.
Fischer isn't important to chess, no more important than any other world champion, the video is about the different phases of chess not any players or games
The game was really made by a pioneer scholar ' Shes' . He was a student of Vedic Mathematics and a scholar of Mahabharat. He read Mahabharat, and formulated this game. He presented the game to King Bhalit Rai of Sindh. In return , he demanded some wheat or rice pieces. But.... It should be in a special series. Put two granules in 1st block, four in 2nd, eight in 3rd and so on till 64th block. And eventually, the ministers found that it is not possible as the wheat demanded cannot be grown in the whole earth , if we take the oceans as lands too...... 'Shesh' in some of it scriptures says that there is a very secret , and of course tough, Mathematics working in the Chess. If one knows that,, no one can defeat him ( not even computers..😎😎)
Thing is that this scale is not linear... The distance between 800 and 1500 is 700 points but for a Human the distance between 2882 and 3582 is "infinite"! Therefore if we had to make this scale linear the AI should have a rating of 300.000 or even more...
@@-_Nuke_- The scale measures how many wins someone achieved. Giving other players of similar or higher skilled players more weight than bad ones. So the only thing it measures is if some player can be expected to win against another. If there weren't a hundred other AIs in the Range of 2000-3480 the same algorithm would have been scored far lower. It doesn't tell you anything about the actual skill.
The scale is logarithmic. Every 400 points, one player is 10x better than the other. The chances of a 2000 ELO points player beating a 2400 ELO points is one in ten. Probably he or she would draw two and lose eight. 700 ELO points separating the best player and the best machine, its almost 1:100 chance. My rating is 1200, roughtly 1682 points between me and Magnus Carlsen, 1:10.000!
In Malay and Indonesian the game is still called Catur probably based on its Indian root word Chaturanga. What an amazing game where thousands of varieties exists. Too bad only the European version of the game become the mainstream version
The reason the European is the mainstream is due to simplicity. The simpler the game, the more mainstream it is. Which is why football (soccer) is so mainstream.
@@whitejester maybe partly true besides another huge reason as the other guy said. Imperialism. Other chess varieties are played only on their geographical borders. Europe pushed the version of the game far and wide thru their colonies.
Actually coloring Kasparov in red is a bit of an injustice, because he was always an opponent of the soviet regime as opposed to Karpov whom he considered to be a marionette...
this is actually quite insensitive, just casually throwing in politics, regardless of players and, well, the sport itself, because yeah that russians lets paint them the most stereotypical soviet way cus no one cares. And not just "look big scary boo USSR" but also personificating that on Kasparov. What a joke, otherwise would be a great video
Here! I went for chess classes I was younger, but I was never really that good at it. I've given up trying to get good at it, but I'm still fascinated by it and like the game
We the Indians gave birth to this extraordinary game which has now taken over the world. It was invented during Gupta Empire. In Sanskrit it's called Chaturanga. I ❤ this game.
The original game yes, but the modern game has many things,Player movements, Pieces that originated in Africa and western Europe (Around 1000-1500 A D).Most importantly the Queen piece,added by Queen Isabella of Spain I think
The fact that chess used to be banned at one point makes me think that they used to dismiss chess like some people dismiss videogames nowadays - with the rise of pro gaming now, i wonder if we'll someday view videogames as a serious, "intellectual" sport - and i think that's a good thing
I think there are already video games that are seen as serious and intellectual. Video games themselves is a really broad category, and there are a lot that require skills, strategy, and quick thinking to play on a competitive level. Plenty of people take them seriously enough to spend a significant amount of time calculating stats for characters, items, time for actions and monetary expenses (in game or real).
@@PTBBme A specific video game maybe considered good ij future not video games as whole. There are so many games which never reached to a position like chess. So it depends on game how that game is. Not if it is a video game or not.
In India and even in Pakistan I guess.. The King is called Raja Queen =Wazir(General) Bishop = Untt (Camel) Knight=Ghora (Horse) Rook=Hathi (Elephant).. N Pawns=Pyade(Soldiers)
Proud to be Indian many things were originated and inevented in India like chess,ayurveda,yoga they are spreading all over the world.Happy to see them growing.
Chess didn't invented in india it's chaturanga a game whoes rules are different from modern chess.Nowadays chaturanga had now become extinct and we are now playing a game that Europeans had invented.
If that was the case then why xiangi is called as chinese chess not Indian.There is a difference between Indian game chaturanga and Chinese game.The Persians got inspired of chaturanga and made their own game called as shahtrangi.
Alexius Czar P. Vergara, eh, it's not really OCD, it's something any _actual_ chess player would notice *immediately* ... I'm not saying the artist did a bad job, but it's utterly incomprehensible that they would publish the video without getting a player to proof it first. Chess players aren't exactly rare!
@@jasondoe2596 it was a joke and I think they messed up but ive played the same board setup (local chess variant in canada), even if you change them from the normal position its still basically the same except you're playing the other color's position :>
There's something I don't understand in this part: 3:02 - 3:14 Why did the church remain suspicious in games and why was chess been briefly banned in France? Apart from that, I really love the animation style, narration and the colours and details of chess boards and pieces in this video! It's my most favourite Ted Talk!❤♟
@@Anonymous-8080 Ah! I found this which now makes sense to me: In December 1254, King Louis IX (1214-1270) of France banned chess under pain of a fine after returning from a Crusade. He called chess a useless and boring game. But I totally disagree with this as Chess is my favourite board game and it gives me a workout♟🙂🥰
Queens were powerful in the politics of Europe, not in India and the Arab countries. That's how to queen piece got its name after chess reached Europe. The queen piece we use today was originally called "minister" in India.
Actually, the term "queen" was only introduced in England and Russia. All other European countries chose "lady" ("Dame" in German, "Donna" in Italian, etc). Fun fact: 150+ years ago, Van der Lhasa had the theory that this can be explained by the figur(ine) of Jeanne d'Arc - which gave little motivation for England to name a piece after their arch enemy back in the day (while Russia simply was pretty much cut off at that time). This theory has been disputed ever since (there WERE quite a few powerful women around back then, after all), so the narrator wisely chose a neutral wording ;-)
Also that deep blue had a slew of advisors, Grandmaster advisors, behind closed doors. It was not ever fair. However the Soviet dominance had been overthrown by Bobby Fischer. Only Mikael Tal had enough to face an on form Bobby
That was the first time a computer had defeated an active champion in chess, which implies the computer had lost before, it doesnt need to be mentioned that Kasparov won first, all that mattered was that computer managed at least one win
NO QUEEN IS RANI MEANING QUEEN BISHOP IS MINISTER MANTRI IN HINDI KNIGHT IS WELL HORSE GHODA IN HINDI PAWN IS PWADA THEN YES ROOK IS ELEPHANT HAATHI IN HINDI
@@shubhankarmishra-yt6ew No!! We call queen = minister , although some peoples call it both queen and minister at the same time Rook = elephant Bishop = camel And horse one is obvious thing
@@lordx4641 it's an Empire established by Chandragupta the first encompassing the whole of Northern and Central India during the 3rd century CE. Often termed as the golden age of ancient India, during this period there was an unparalleled growth in academics, arts, literature, science and technology.
@@lordx4641 even alexander the great feared to attack gupta empire when he got to know about the Chandragupta's army...... And alexander's general was also defeated by Chandragupta
a great brief history with many beautiful visuals."chess has been known as a tool of military strategy,a metaphor for human affairs and a benchmark for a genius "i LOVE THIS LINE
Beautiful visuals and amazing storytelling!
lichess is better
Hamburger
@@cuberchez818 why not both? Both is good, enjoy what you can
Chesssssss
Yes!
' did you know, the treadmill was originally a torture device?'
Still is, buddy
I just can't 😂
And sadly people buy them when you can walk outside for free
@@richardharepax123 ok boomer
If your a fatty like me then yes
@Aziz Calva-Navarro I live in a crowded city but we have nice trails and see the wild life.rain and winter I have a coat and studies have shown you loose more weight when cold. As for when you need to be home you walk on your free time but if you still want the treadmill okay by me
*why is no one talking about how good the art style is*
It’s my favorite of the TED Talk styles
The animators are Remus and Kiki, two ridiculously amazing animators that went to my art uni
Ikr
Can we talk about that shithouse perspective
Yup, it's beautiful
So from India, it travelled to Persia(Iran), then after Arab conquest of Persia, Arabs learnt about the game. From them, it slowly spread to Europe and Central Asia. Chaturanga(Sanskrit) became Chatraanj(Arabic) and then Chess(English). It also had a different route where it spread to South East Asia and China and eventually Japan. Shikamaru from Naruto used to be a master of Japanese version of this game.
Actually it was chaturanga in india then chatrang in the sassanid empire then shatranj in arabic empire because the persian consonant ch does not exist in arabic
Buddhist pilgrims and other silk route traders spread it to the east.
made from India and spread by Arab Caliphate
Thank you for helping me with my essay!
There's something confused me , he's mentioned go or weixin in china is completely different with chess , even ai could beat human champion only recently
A chess game is a perfect representation of LIFE
*"I made one single move - now what?"*
Mogga kuduvu
aye! often you can find your personality in a game of chess!
Now make the appropriate sacrifices, look forward for the end game, and see more steps ahead than life can throw its problems at you. N when u fall, start all over again.
Apply Mulberry milkshake on your face
As in the life of many, you fail to think through the many possibilities life has to offer.
I feel so frustrated with the king piece. Like the whole kingdom is trying to save you and you just move one square at a time like you don't give a damn
we live in a society...
😂😂👍
The king piece and queen piece should swap functions.
@@sarban1653 but then you won't be able to checkmate the king as easily making the game close to impossible
@@radicalbradical3164 Then checkmating the queen should be the objective. Kings are powerful soldiers IRL.
*dude dies*
brother: aight lets make a game out of this
You could make a religion out of this
He just wanted to explain to his mother how his brother died.
😂
😂😂😂🤦
@@unclepodger they already had a religion
"chess has been known as a tool of military strategy,a metaphor for human affairs and a benchmark for a genius" that line hits different
Yeah, I've seen too many times that one Magnus video
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That one atomic edit
"Mom let me explain how my brother died. So Nf3, Qg5, Bh7, Qf8 checkmate"
Lol thats dark
Highly underrated comment
I dont get it
@@dba6097 those are shorthand for chess movements. The first letter represents the piece being moved, then the second letter & number together represent the square on the board the piece is moving to. The specific ones used in OP's comment don't matter (as far as I know), they're just saying it would be hilariously cold of the son to say the shorthand of the movements to explain the brother's death.
@@Frostgiantbutsmall Ah, I understand the moves. But I dont understand if there's something special on those moves 😅
Imagine being smart enough to interest people for ages
Gupta Empire was one of the grandest in the history of mankind. I wonder why it's not recognised and remembered as well..
@@Leon-pn6rb western centrist and far east centrist narratives.
Bruh they cheated to defeat Kasparov
@@Leon-pn6rb exactly my thought also, coz the same way goes for Srivijaya empire in southeast asia
@@aaddiis45021 well its controversial match at best.
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the gorgeous animation in this video, it’s goddamn beautiful
Came to say the same.
I agree 👍
True
The ending is so adorable and delightful. amazing animator.
great excellent design
Ludo and snakes and ladders are also from india, ludo is called chausar/choupar/choupat in sanskrit, and pachissi in hindi which is also the word from where romance languages and usa english gets the name "parques", it was much more famous in ancient india comparatively to chaturanga. There is a 4 player chess too called chaturaji different fron chaturanga
You forgot chanda ripoff of ludo
Ludo and snake aur chess indus valley civilization se proof milta hai 😊
I came for a brief history of cheese but i was not disappointed
:-D
😂😂😂
Ahaha I came here *from* a brief history of cheese!
C'mon man, the thumbnail's so clear
I think you meant to say “while watching” instead of “for”
Bishop and pawn: *infront of each other*
"Uh..., well this is akward."
Ya, literally
Two wrestler facing each other
What? Can someone please explain this joke? Is it about taking it literally or something?
@@zhouwu It's just regarding basic chess rules
@@norsaki6980
Ok.
I'll just nod and smile and pretend I understand what you're talking about.
Imagine all this history, and the final chapter is Charlie beating XQC in 6 moves
Throbbing
THROBBING
Hikarus soul left his body on that checkmate
Yes
Pog
For all that enjoy the queen piece, it was originated in medieval Spain during the reign of Isabella the first.
ohhh,, now that's cool! I'm just learning chess,, all this info is fascinating!
@@sherlynn7211 the video mentioning the Queen being inspired by strong female leaders, I can’t help but think of Deborah, Boudicca, and Mulan.
@@robbiewalker2831
I am not sure but i think the general of army was just renamed as queen.
@@animegod978 If you want to know who they are, well, they are as follows:
Deborah is the name of the only Female Prophet of the Bible who not only was Wise and Courageous, but helped win the Battle of Mount Tabor.
Boudicca led Celtic tribes to fight against Romans who invaded their homeland.
and Mulan is a legendary figure who uses her brains to strategize on how they can win against an invading army.
@@robbiewalker2831 no i didn't ask who they were , I just said that general was renamed as queen
Lol that last scene with the sad computer was awesome.
So sad :( :'(
Bruh they cheated to defeat Kasparov
Yea I agree it was funny.
I was like nooo! don't hurt him!
Somehow I felt sorry for the computer :')
*when the most important piece is the weakest*
Im 14 and this is deep
The king isn't the weakest piece, especially in the endgame it is a powerful fighter, but don't let that get in the way of your deepity
Not in the endgame
Joshua Ramirez
Pans are weaker than the king tho
@@iblamelance5350 pawns can increase in rank and become queens. Not only that but togheter, pans make powerful defenses and traps. The king ,on the other hand, is helpless.
In India, the "Queen" piece is still called the minister/advisor or "mantri"/"wazir" as in Hindi/Urdu.
Arabic countries also still call it "wazir"
@KAUSHIK KUMAR I thought many indian call it rani? As we odisha at least call it rani.
@@Abhishek-sr2pu hmm maybe it got reintroduced but as the european form and then translated? That would explain why two versions exist
We call it Rani
Women empowerment 🙌
@@ashwinidixit5981 simp
Whoever animated this did SO good! I wish every animation was this cool looking and smoothly transitioning
*15th Century:* These _chess_ games will be the moral downfall of our civilization!
*20th Century:* These _video_ games will be the moral downfall of our civilization!
Oof. I got it. Nice comment
This comment deserves more likes
Underrated!
Extra boomer jokes
Schmuffering and Schmilling.
*21 Century
21st century not 20th century
“The treadmill was originally a torture device.” *Always has been*
I am laughing at your name
@@ritupandey2324 Me too
Lol why did they recommend that? It has nothing to do with chess
😂😂😂
@@trunghungpham9414 probably because it’s another “history of” video
Imagine if the prince from the Gupta empire never died and chess never became a game
*TVA arrives *
Then people will focus on how the king become immortal
Kang: i have a new game. That game sucks. And garry kasparov never became legend. So is magnus carlssen.
Its called conquest.
Arabs developed CHESS.
so who cares.
I would be depressed. But i can still play checkers.
Imagine telling your brother's death from a game.
"Your son died in the battlefield. I'm truly sorry for your loss...
anyways, pawn e4". - Prince of the Gupta Empire
Let's play a game, e5
@@exa0710 bishop c4
@@insidejob234 I was expecting GetHype to respond, but ok: Nc6
bbrh
"I'm so sorry for your loss, your son sacced his king"
For anyone wondering the moves of the weak advisor piece,
It moved like a bishop, but could only move 1 square in each direction, but it was later buffed to 2, and then it got heavily buffed into the Queen.
Little bit of chess history for you
The queen is actually not queen but vazeer (supreme minister)
Little bit chess history for you too
So very useless? Interesting.
omg Gabe nerf queen
Man this new patch is broken
Minister was originally king but not checkable basically
The Mother: Where is your brother? Is he alright?
The Son: Alright, Let's play a game.
My mind is too underdeveloped to get this joke
@@fatimaalaa2659 0:52
So who killed your bro?
Hahaha
star wars refrence
This story clearly shows how people of ancient world were so interested in intelligence otherwise it would have been very hard for this great intellectual game to exist for thousands of years
r/imsosmart
..yet they still reverted to religion; couldn't've been *that* interested.
That’s the most nonsense comment I’ve ever heard
Lol, this comment chain reeks of "my intelligence is superior, I don't need a good body".
Kids, if you read this, no one cares how big your IQ is, only how good you look. Go to the gym.
@@Morec0 #justasbadforsure
Thanks to Gupta king for giving us such a masterpiece game 👍🏻
No problem mate my pleasure 👍
It will be not perticularly by him, but by their citizens
Also thank you khosrow Anushiruvan the great for bringing chess into the middle east and making it popular.
Me: Time to study!
Ted Ed: *uploads*
Me: Well, it's about chess! I have to watch it! CHESS IS IMPORTANT! *proceeds to procrastinate*
May we suggest our video on time management as your next watch: bit.ly/TEDEdTime
😉And then get to studying, Praveena!
@@TEDEd OMG you actually replied! Ok I will watch the video...and THEN I'll study HAHAHA
@@TEDEd You're not helping
@@TEDEd What is gupta empire though
@@lordx4641It was an ancient Indian empire founded by Chandragupt-1, you can google about it to learn more...
The Queen: welcome back from battle, where's your brother?
The prince: aight so you see this board. Say this is the battle field...
Now the queen is the most powerful 🤣🤣
Queen: oooo that looks fun I wanna play too
prince: No wait !!!
Imagine your grieving of your sons death, and then your other son was like, i made this game to represent your sons death mom, while she was bawling.
Restoration 10000
ooooffffff
imagine the other son just say stuff like "he died like this. f3, d5, g4, Qh4 checkmate"
In Mahabharat , chess is shown used Krishna to teach his nephew strategies of war. So it's much older than Gupta Empire and already used to teach war strategies. Many other Indian games are similar in that aspect like Kabbadi.
Yeah...but they will be considered ''Proto-chess''.
Not the formal Chaturanga
Currycels always trying to bloat their egos PATHETIC 🤌
I really like the quotes at the start of the animation, especially how it relates to the video
Imagine they introduce Queen today, everyone would call for nerf, too OP
Xerisz you don’t know the rook do you?
2 rooks and open field check mate or 1 rook and a king castled without a rook blocking is also checkmate
Queen's only used in west. It's still called the minister most places I've been and rightly so as it's the most mobile and powerful pawn. Just like how it would be in a constitutional democracy.
@@goergejohn6986 cool story bro
Snake and ladders were also Invented in India ..it's ancient name was
"Moksha Patam"
Kamal Sharma Ancient India has many great wonders
India should start game developing industry
@@nggaknormal it would've been great back in the days...🤣🤣 Now there's nothing as creative from India. Golden history of India has taken so many turns, I feel sad for it. Cultures that are only remembered, though only sometimes, and live to the fullest, no more.
Not India. These were kingdoms and were developed by kshatriyas and brahmins.
@Stellvia Hoenheim , Don't fret. you can have all you want.
I always go back to this video from time to time.
The animation, the story and how the pieces have their own little personality.
I wish there was an actual set with the design of the pieces.
In India, chess pieces even now are named as -
King - raja (king)
Queen - Mantri (Minister)
Bishop - Senapati (general)
Knight - Ghoda (horse)
Rook - Hathi(elephant)
Abhishek Talukdar *hindi names. In different languages there are different names. Don’t get confused. Hindi =/= India.
@@yj9032 most names are derivatives of Sanskrir btw what are the names in your native language...
King= ರಾಜ (king)
Queen= ಸೇನಾಧಿಪತಿ (general of army)
Rook=ಆನೆ (elephant)
Bishop=ರಥ (chariot)
Knight=ಕುದುರೆ(horse)
Pawn=ಪಾದಾತಿ (foot soldier)
@@scandy7518 As I can't understand the script could you write the names in English script...
Even the chess is called "Shatranj"
Moral : always explain things to your mother, it can REALLY cause miracles...
🤣😂
“Only a machine could defeat the dominant Russians”
Bobby fischer: “am I a joke to you?”
No cap
Magnus Carlsen
Didn't Kasparov cheat using an actual machine?
So true
@Vasilijan Nikolovski
You're not wrong. Also, he eventually went mad, and eventually refused to play anything besides random chess (where the pieces are placed randomly at the start).
Thanks for mentioning other chess variants like shogi, Ted-ed! I got interested in the game and am now helping spread the game outside of Japan.
The devs of this game are so lazy, haven't released an update in 3 centuries
You don't need to fix what isn't broken.
@@marquis911 Bruh, the queen needs a movement nerf though
More computing power is needed to solve this Game.
there are some community mods to enhance some aspects of the game
Lmao
Minecraft players: complain that they need updates
Chess: I don't have such weaknesses
Chess has had many rules changes ajd updates over time. Bobby Fischer even created a new rule set that randomizes starting position. There is a lot of debate about how chess needs to change now that computers can figure everything out.
@@youraveragebedwarssweat5922 I don’t know exactly when, but there was a recent update that prevents you from castling with a promoted pawn
@@youraveragebedwarssweat5922 yeah I play chess too lol I know what rapid is. I just remember they had to change the wording of the rule cause someone thought they could castle with a promoted pawn because technically neither the rook or the king moved, just the pawn. They didn't have to make a new rule or anything though that would be kinda funny.
@@youraveragebedwarssweat5922 when you promote a pawn to a rook, you cannot castle the king with the newly created rook.
@@jasonstewart8612 you can't because newly created rook have to switch places with two of original rook for that..
In both cases you have to move the original rook.. and the rule goes , you can't castle if king or " rooks" have moved from there square..
Imagine your brother describing your death to your mother with pieces of a game board and some one seeing that and going “boy that looks fun.”
I liked how at 0:33 and at 5:14 showed that even good chess player/system against person with power, had to surrender, indicating that no matter how good you are at something you can easily face loss in that either by bullying or luck.......
And also understanding/predicting human nature is more tough and comlex than any other things
Interesting fact, Chaturanga in Indonesia becomes Catur which also mean 4. I believe it was adopted from sanskrit word. Check is called sekak, which usually fit in to Javanese language.
There are lots from word taken from sanskrit around the world including english.
Indonesia had majapahit
So sanskrit would be a common thing in past
@@engineer3230 before Majapahit Indonesia used to have over 100 Hindu and Buddhist Kingdoms/Empires.
catur does indeed come from the Sanskrit word for 4. similarly, the Latin word for 4 is quattuor. they are cognants since they are both ancient Indo-European languages.
Indonesians followed their own version of hindu-buddhism like untill just 400 yrs ago so they have a tonne of indigenised version of indian influences
"The one who broke the Soviet's domination over the game was IBM's deep blue."
Bobby Fischer: B***h please!
THANK YOU!!!!
was literally thinking the same thing hahaha. especially considering kasparovs view of the Russian government
😂😂
I mean after Fischer's few years on top there were just more Russians so he more disrupted it than broke it
Spasky will remember that
India: Invents Chess.
Europe: “We’ll take it from here, merci”
Edit: My dear humans, this was a joke. So, please laugh at it and continue on your journey through the comment section.
Like so many other things from Asia
lmao
like every country theyve lay a foot on
@@joaov2374 Yep😆
Thats pretty standard western civilization protocol
I don’t know if this makes sense to anyone else, but in my head, Chess takes place on an ice skating rink. Like the pawns have the little walker thingies, The knights know how to jump, the queen is gliding around having the time of her life, and the king is like “Im sOoO good at ice skating” and then can barely move.
Not funny.
I like your comment
@@yeetionary 🤓
@@yeetionary 🤓
That actually makes total sense lol
How much do I have to pay to get this turned into a feature length film?
I'll be happy to see the history from classics like Paul Morphy, Capablanca & Mikhail Tal, then modern games played by Boris Spassky VS Bobby Fischer, Kasparov VS Karpov and lastly the rise of Magnus Carlsen
if you like to see chess dramatized then check out our channel. We are film-makers who are really into chess and use our free time to do fun and crazy chess videos.
Outray Chess I did, it’s pretty cool
@@aaaadit5155 awesome! Consider subscrbing. We are releasing new content soon.
@@arrowghost you skipped several generations there buddy
Checkmate
Its a simple spell but quite unbreakable
We're in the endgame now
What is gupta e.pire though
@@lordx4641 it was an empire that ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from 3rd to 6th century. Also called the Golden Age of India.
@@QuarterLifeCrises but wasnt this period where world got maths as it is today?
@@lordx4641 yes, the Gupta period saw mathematicians like Aryabhatta, who basically invented trigonometry, and they also developed the decimal system, among other things.
4:51
No one ever remembers that Kasparov won the first game against Deep Blue ._.
No i am
The second game was when Kasparov won
@@ignacio_alberiann rofl
Yes. In 1996?
It's not that I don't remember. I literally didn't know.
It hurts me every time I think about how a computer can easily beat the best chess players.
Yea but the people who made the computers can’t beat the best chess player
@@DukeAravothian I know. Which is why it hurts. No human can beat the computer
Computers can beat us at basically anything that involves thinking.
@@normalperson397 well once you understand tic tac toe, you can basically win or draw every time
Think of it as the best chess players can only lose by the best chess computers. Only the best can defeat the best. Even the best chess computers lose sometimes though, just like real players
The word oldest exists. !
India : ahhh! Here we go again !
😂 why word "india" is always there in oldest things
Indians and greeks were once top in inventing stuff during ancient days.
love this comment
@@Harry-bs1qg although Greeks were also influenced by Bharat...not to mention the wars Greeks n Romans loose while battling with our country...🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏
@@Harry-bs1qg Yes and they also never forget to worship their beloved cows!
No wonder why Indians are so good in Mathematics and Chess games.
Only 1 world champion produced this far
I would say "no wonder why Russians are so good at them"
Yes because you are an indian lmao. Stop being a narcissist lol.
@@taitslong3417 there's no funding in the entire country tbh, only Anand got funded by some oil company cuz he comes from the richest state
@@taitslong3417 coz most Indians are interested only in cricket and most funds are diverted to cricket otherwise India can produce more world champions
Chess is the combination of sport, science and art.
Thanks India for chess and more important inventions, I can't imagin my the world without India. Lot of love India from France❤❤❤.
Jhoot bolke kuch nahi hoga, sabko pata hai tu Indian hai
@@buzzwithdrip6347 but, it's a fact that India invented chess
@@mrinangochakraborty5733 baat to sahi hai
@@mrinangochakraborty5733 But This Kind Of Self Love Hits Different.
It's Like Rahul Gandhi Making A Fake Account Twitter And Praising Himself
@@buzzwithdrip6347 are we sure?
You forgot about June Ninth When Chariles White won with 4 moves
This was in my recommended and I was waiting for the God to be mentioned
True, but it was actually 6 moves
Yes
YES SIRRRR
@@edwinlundmark Legends say he defeated his mighty opponent with 1 brilliant move.
In Indonesia, modern/ordinary chess as we know today is still called "Catur" . Remember the Indian Sanskrit origin in the beginning of the video?
yes culturally indonesia is close to india... but now its became islamic
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Combodia and other southeast asian nations share so much with India from Ramayana to Chaturanga. Our cultures are very close
@Cuddling Cthulhu that was chola empire not gupta empire
@Light Yagami nope. I'm Indian and this claim is false. Hinduism spread later in south east asia, after Greeks attacked following fall of mauryas. Wtf. Only cholas had territories out of India.
@@alberteinstein4935 cholas were sanathanis too.
Thanks India
for inventing such an extraordinary Game,
The Chess'.
Thank you dude 😊
In Pakistan we call it "Satranj"
@@hamzamehmood1976 same in india
India easily get bored lol
Edit: in a good way.
@@johnrubensaragi4125 curious minds gets bored 😜
TED Ed and Kurzgesagt, the two channels that still maintains my interest even after 10 years.
Glad you mentioned chaturanga. Proud to from the country where this brilliant strategy game began.
Which country ?
@@hypernovic5301 india 🇮🇳
Isn't it called shatranj
@@YTworld-69 Shatranj is called in Urdu (Turkish Originally)
@@gaming4life834
Oh ok 👍
Thanks for info
4:37 How many of you thought that it was Bobby Fischer?
Yah! How could they not mention him?
I thought Fischer too....
@DJ Keeler Yeah well Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were major chess champions, most people say were better than Fischer, and both were Soviet
Fischer isn't important to chess, no more important than any other world champion, the video is about the different phases of chess not any players or games
@Carlos Elias Olivares (Student) True... but what does that have to do with anything? He was still a huge part of chess history
The only thing important to know is that "Ghoda" is a respectable animal.
Samay raina efftect😂
GM Machu dipari h !!
@@pathikghugare from Ukraine
Every animal is respectable!
@@adityashukla2635 r/woooosh
The game was really made by a pioneer scholar ' Shes' . He was a student of Vedic Mathematics and a scholar of Mahabharat. He read Mahabharat, and formulated this game. He presented the game to King Bhalit Rai of Sindh. In return , he demanded some wheat or rice pieces. But....
It should be in a special series.
Put two granules in 1st block, four in 2nd, eight in 3rd and so on till 64th block.
And eventually, the ministers found that it is not possible as the wheat demanded cannot be grown in the whole earth , if we take the oceans as lands too......
'Shesh' in some of it scriptures says that there is a very secret , and of course tough, Mathematics working in the Chess. If one knows that,, no one can defeat him ( not even computers..😎😎)
A magician formulated that formula, and he build a mechanical machine, which used to play chess... And no one was near to beat it...
@@matlabkuchbhi3060 Can you please tell me the reference of your saying.....
I remember reading this story in a tinkle comic book when i was younger, good days!
The highest rating achieved by a human: 2882
The highest by AI: 3487
Interesting. Very nice.
Thing is that this scale is not linear... The distance between 800 and 1500 is 700 points but for a Human the distance between 2882 and 3582 is "infinite"! Therefore if we had to make this scale linear the AI should have a rating of 300.000 or even more...
@@-_Nuke_- You used therefore so i believe you
@@-_Nuke_- The scale measures how many wins someone achieved. Giving other players of similar or higher skilled players more weight than bad ones. So the only thing it measures is if some player can be expected to win against another. If there weren't a hundred other AIs in the Range of 2000-3480 the same algorithm would have been scored far lower. It doesn't tell you anything about the actual skill.
The scale is logarithmic. Every 400 points, one player is 10x better than the other. The chances of a 2000 ELO points player beating a 2400 ELO points is one in ten. Probably he or she would draw two and lose eight. 700 ELO points separating the best player and the best machine, its almost 1:100 chance. My rating is 1200, roughtly 1682 points between me and Magnus Carlsen, 1:10.000!
2:38 Honestly, this is my favorite part... Their expressions are just GOLD! I mean, seriously...
Not to mention that most of the promoted pieces also move like the GOLD General.
what a great animation at 5:05
I can literally feel the characters
In Malay and Indonesian the game is still called Catur probably based on its Indian root word Chaturanga. What an amazing game where thousands of varieties exists. Too bad only the European version of the game become the mainstream version
Imperialism
The reason the European is the mainstream is due to simplicity. The simpler the game, the more mainstream it is. Which is why football (soccer) is so mainstream.
@@whitejester maybe partly true besides another huge reason as the other guy said. Imperialism. Other chess varieties are played only on their geographical borders. Europe pushed the version of the game far and wide thru their colonies.
Yes , it's whitewashed and using many Christianity symbols , it's shame i hope to play original piece
Well chatur is great name to be use because in sanaskrit chatur means clever and someone have to be clever to win in chess.
Actually coloring Kasparov in red is a bit of an injustice, because he was always an opponent of the soviet regime as opposed to Karpov whom he considered to be a marionette...
this is actually quite insensitive, just casually throwing in politics, regardless of players and, well, the sport itself, because yeah that russians lets paint them the most stereotypical soviet way cus no one cares. And not just "look big scary boo USSR" but also personificating that on Kasparov. What a joke, otherwise would be a great video
@@a_karchWhat? He still represented the Soviet team. You’re acting like they painted him as Ted Bundy.
That’s nice. He still represented the Soviet team. Kasparov’s personal politics don’t matter. His status as a Soviet symbol did.
Chaturanga - chatur means 4; anga means a part/division 😊
Edit: chatur also means clever.
@Weasel no, all Indian languages word has atleast two meanings
@@blueworld9706 this is Sanskrit. Not Hindi. Hindi is a super simplified form of Sanskrit.
"Chatur" also means Square and "ranga" means play. So a play inside a Square(8x8).
@@blueworld9706 it is persian
*PUNS*
Here after watching The Queen’s Gambit
Same 😂
You got me 😂
+1
Ahahah me too
Learn to play chess it is insane
2:20 There is a mistake: in Go pieces are placed at intersections of board.
Am i the only one who likes the game but sucks at it?
Here! I went for chess classes I was younger, but I was never really that good at it. I've given up trying to get good at it, but I'm still fascinated by it and like the game
Yeah me too IM with you
Virtual high five bro
Just keep practicing! Try playing some online games and learning through RUclips and you'll get much better!
Me too!
I love a good game of chess! Chess club members put your hands up!
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Aye ✋
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If ever playful about Chess, try out some of these versions: medium.com/exercises-models-social-inventions/check-on-chess-98e73bd91b06
I love the narrator’s voice so much I swear, he should narrate an audiobook
We the Indians gave birth to this extraordinary game which has now taken over the world. It was invented during Gupta Empire. In Sanskrit it's called Chaturanga. I ❤ this game.
The original game yes, but the modern game has many things,Player movements, Pieces that originated in Africa and western Europe (Around 1000-1500 A D).Most importantly the Queen piece,added by Queen Isabella of Spain I think
@@BarlasofIndusin India we don't call it queen. It is minister for us
@@BarlasofInduschess has nothing to do with Africa
@@animedc69no bishop is mantri. Rook is haathi and knight and queen will remain ghoda and raani. Get your facts right friend.
P@jeet get somewhere else to poop 💩
The fact that chess used to be banned at one point makes me think that they used to dismiss chess like some people dismiss videogames nowadays - with the rise of pro gaming now, i wonder if we'll someday view videogames as a serious, "intellectual" sport - and i think that's a good thing
I think there are already video games that are seen as serious and intellectual. Video games themselves is a really broad category, and there are a lot that require skills, strategy, and quick thinking to play on a competitive level. Plenty of people take them seriously enough to spend a significant amount of time calculating stats for characters, items, time for actions and monetary expenses (in game or real).
@@SanaSamaha i know, though I'm not in that world. But there IS a stigma against videogames in some people, that doesnt exist for chess right now.
Um... weren't you burned at the stake?
@@PTBBme A specific video game maybe considered good ij future not video games as whole. There are so many games which never reached to a position like chess. So it depends on game how that game is. Not if it is a video game or not.
@@navneetkashyap802 true, i was just wondering if they saw chess like videogames then lol, and then vice versa
“Ah yes. He has reached the state of bongcloud .”
-Arabian poets, 7th A.D.
Hikaru Nakamura
dafuni
Chess comes from India. I mean they were hesitant to say India but atleast they said the prince's name.
Why are they but?
They said the Gupta Empire. Any educated person should know that the Gupta Empire was in India
@@yashjoshi6100 superiority complex thinking that every thing in this world was created by west.
Gupta Empire =/= India
@@Kristenkore earlier name of India was not Gupta empire it was an empire get some knowledge first
No matter how much people troll India on internet, we gotta admit it contributed so much to the world of intellectual minds.
Number system
Decimal system
Fibonncai sequence
Algebra
Trignometry
Chess
Surya siddhanta
And many more
The list doesnt end.
@@Alakazam001 also the birth place of the two major eastern religions, hinduism and buddhism.
Shoutout to whoever drew Garry Kasparov in this video. Great job nailing the details!
In India and even in Pakistan I guess.. The King is called Raja
Queen =Wazir(General)
Bishop = Untt (Camel)
Knight=Ghora (Horse)
Rook=Hathi (Elephant).. N
Pawns=Pyade(Soldiers)
India haven't camel😂
@@Nagraj.L.. RIP English.. Tu Rehne de comments karna..
Who care?
Pakistan mai hoga camel 🖕🏿
@@Nagraj.L actually india did had camels.... In rajasthan.
0:40 feel kinda sad for the guy, I mean... just look at that poor soul, devastated...
XD
WASTED
No checkmate
In Armenia we still use "Shahmat" as a name for this game
Great animation and explanation!
5:10
That poor robot holds a dear place in my heart
Those historical international variants sound so interesting! Especially the one where you get to use the pieces you capture!
That's Shogi. It's still played to this day!
My thought:
0:49 “Hey the main story character shows up”
0:54 “Oh nvm”
😂
😂😂
In Czech, we call bishop an "archer" (střelec) and knight a "rider" (jezdec)
Never know indians had invented the game. Well done india.
your welcome
@@F0rever_zer0 why are you taking credit lol
@@BlackIce777-b6h Because He's Indian, because the inventor of this game is no more to respond.
@@BlackIce777-b6h because people love taking credit
Even numbers were invented by Indians..look it up... not arabs..
Proud to be Indian many things were originated and inevented in India like chess,ayurveda,yoga they are spreading all over the world.Happy to see them growing.
Chess didn't invented in india it's chaturanga a game whoes rules are different from modern chess.Nowadays chaturanga had now become extinct and we are now playing a game that Europeans had invented.
If that was the case then why xiangi is called as chinese chess not Indian.There is a difference between Indian game chaturanga and Chinese game.The Persians got inspired of chaturanga and made their own game called as shahtrangi.
@@unitedstatesofamerica4737 but without indians inventing chaturanga modern chess wouldn't exist
@@unitedstatesofamerica4737 it is like saying LED isn't invented by Einstein but bulbs are
@@ace71 live it , he is an American
I'm in love with the graphics
Especially the board being set up incorrectly, am I right?
(see: 3:20 and the video thumbnail)
@@jasondoe2596 I get the sarcasm but I love it anyway ❤️
@@jasondoe2596 ocd intensifies
Alexius Czar P. Vergara, eh, it's not really OCD, it's something any _actual_ chess player would notice *immediately* ...
I'm not saying the artist did a bad job, but it's utterly incomprehensible that they would publish the video without getting a player to proof it first. Chess players aren't exactly rare!
@@jasondoe2596 it was a joke and I think they messed up but ive played the same board setup (local chess variant in canada), even if you change them from the normal position its still basically the same except you're playing the other color's position :>
There's something I don't understand in this part: 3:02 - 3:14
Why did the church remain suspicious in games and why was chess been briefly banned in France?
Apart from that, I really love the animation style, narration and the colours and details of chess boards and pieces in this video! It's my most favourite Ted Talk!❤♟
Ig coz players were "sacrificing" their 'Bishops' all the time
Because it kept people from visiting churches, reading the bible and such.
Cos Magnus is not French
@@Anonymous-8080 Ah! I found this which now makes sense to me: In December 1254, King Louis IX (1214-1270) of France banned chess under pain of a fine after returning from a Crusade. He called chess a useless and boring game. But I totally disagree with this as Chess is my favourite board game and it gives me a workout♟🙂🥰
Because of why today dancing and singing is prohibited in Islam
Queens were powerful in the politics of Europe, not in India and the Arab countries. That's how to queen piece got its name after chess reached Europe. The queen piece we use today was originally called "minister" in India.
Actually, the term "queen" was only introduced in England and Russia. All other European countries chose "lady" ("Dame" in German, "Donna" in Italian, etc).
Fun fact: 150+ years ago, Van der Lhasa had the theory that this can be explained by the figur(ine) of Jeanne d'Arc - which gave little motivation for England to name a piece after their arch enemy back in the day (while Russia simply was pretty much cut off at that time). This theory has been disputed ever since (there WERE quite a few powerful women around back then, after all), so the narrator wisely chose a neutral wording ;-)
Who told u this ? In India there were many queens who ruled states in Medivial times.
@@JaqenHegar there is always some special cases but he was talking in the general sense....
Chess came to Europe pretty late and the world had changed quite a bit by then, socially and technologically
In India, most of the people call the queen as the minister in mother tongue. My dad calls it minister
Why did everyone forget that Kasparov did defeat Deep Blue in the 1st match and then lost against it -.-
Also that deep blue had a slew of advisors, Grandmaster advisors, behind closed doors. It was not ever fair. However the Soviet dominance had been overthrown by Bobby Fischer. Only Mikael Tal had enough to face an on form Bobby
Because the best human player defeating a computer was the norm - nothing new - while a computer defeating the best human player was a novelty.
That was the first time a computer had defeated an active champion in chess, which implies the computer had lost before, it doesnt need to be mentioned that Kasparov won first, all that mattered was that computer managed at least one win
Perhaps because I learned from him, I mean, he was the world champion
@@joule400 it didn't just manage at least 1 win, it was the first computer to score higher than the champion (in total) in a series of matches
I feel bad for the dude who lost, he was so sad, and nobody even said gg 0:39 :C
GG
GG
Gg
GGGGGG
@@maskrlzxw6823 it is not checkmate
1:02
First ever gaming console/platform
In India till date the Queen is called Minister, the Bishop, Elephant; the the rook, chariot.
NO QUEEN IS RANI MEANING QUEEN
BISHOP IS MINISTER MANTRI IN HINDI
KNIGHT IS WELL HORSE GHODA IN HINDI
PAWN IS PWADA
THEN YES ROOK IS ELEPHANT HAATHI IN HINDI
@@shubhankarmishra-yt6ew
No!!
We call queen = minister , although some peoples call it both queen and minister at the same time
Rook = elephant
Bishop = camel
And horse one is obvious thing
Chess- the metaphor of human affairs 👏
#proudIndian
Very true btw What is gupta empire though
@@lordx4641 it's an Empire established by Chandragupta the first encompassing the whole of Northern and Central India during the 3rd century CE. Often termed as the golden age of ancient India, during this period there was an unparalleled growth in academics, arts, literature, science and technology.
@@lordx4641 even alexander the great feared to attack gupta empire when he got to know about the Chandragupta's army...... And alexander's general was also defeated by Chandragupta
@@Anythin22everythin Alexander died a year before Chandragupta Maurya founded the Maurya empire. Can you cite any sources?
@@JunaidAli-ws1li It was during Nanda empire that Alexander attacked not Gupta.
My friend pulls out a chessboard
Me : ITS BIG BRAIN TIME
Agree 👌
right?!
What happens when they pull out the 4 way chess board?
a great brief history with many beautiful visuals."chess has been known as a tool of military strategy,a metaphor for human affairs and a benchmark for a genius "i LOVE THIS LINE