A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @chess
    @chess 2 года назад +11515

    Beautiful visuals and amazing storytelling!

    • @cuberchez818
      @cuberchez818 2 года назад +272

      lichess is better

    • @Nietabs
      @Nietabs 2 года назад +77

      Hamburger

    • @marvira
      @marvira 2 года назад +231

      @@cuberchez818 why not both? Both is good, enjoy what you can

    • @Factoumil
      @Factoumil 2 года назад +22

      Chesssssss

    • @Unpug
      @Unpug 2 года назад +12

      Yes!

  • @fakinell9630
    @fakinell9630 5 лет назад +9269

    *why is no one talking about how good the art style is*

    • @fancygoat1352
      @fancygoat1352 5 лет назад +90

      It’s my favorite of the TED Talk styles

    • @samuelthompson7497
      @samuelthompson7497 5 лет назад +102

      The animators are Remus and Kiki, two ridiculously amazing animators that went to my art uni

    • @kavairburke8061
      @kavairburke8061 5 лет назад +4

      Ikr

    • @anduro7448
      @anduro7448 5 лет назад +2

      Can we talk about that shithouse perspective

    • @anirudhpuranik5222
      @anirudhpuranik5222 5 лет назад +4

      Yup, it's beautiful

  • @MrChileLimon
    @MrChileLimon 5 лет назад +15015

    ' did you know, the treadmill was originally a torture device?'
    Still is, buddy

    • @mergalmamavoir8715
      @mergalmamavoir8715 4 года назад +181

      I just can't 😂

    • @richardharepax123
      @richardharepax123 4 года назад +334

      And sadly people buy them when you can walk outside for free

    • @blackmage1276
      @blackmage1276 4 года назад +133

      @@richardharepax123 ok boomer

    • @jeanardcontentvillarina1761
      @jeanardcontentvillarina1761 4 года назад +24

      If your a fatty like me then yes

    • @richardharepax123
      @richardharepax123 4 года назад +50

      @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

  • @anibeto7
    @anibeto7 2 года назад +1596

    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.

    • @anykso
      @anykso Год назад +113

      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

    • @thomaskennedy5728
      @thomaskennedy5728 Год назад +36

      Buddhist pilgrims and other silk route traders spread it to the east.

    • @TheKingofTheUniverse.
      @TheKingofTheUniverse. Год назад

      made from India and spread by Arab Caliphate

    • @shko1259
      @shko1259 Год назад +13

      Thank you for helping me with my essay!

    • @cobaltblue2756
      @cobaltblue2756 Год назад +5

      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

  • @shravani4986
    @shravani4986 4 года назад +13802

    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

    • @willo90li
      @willo90li 3 года назад +1286

      we live in a society...

    • @AdityaSharma-kz2dl
      @AdityaSharma-kz2dl 3 года назад +142

      😂😂👍

    • @sarban1653
      @sarban1653 3 года назад +345

      The king piece and queen piece should swap functions.

    • @radicalbradical3164
      @radicalbradical3164 3 года назад +976

      @@sarban1653 but then you won't be able to checkmate the king as easily making the game close to impossible

    • @sarban1653
      @sarban1653 3 года назад +250

      @@radicalbradical3164 Then checkmating the queen should be the objective. Kings are powerful soldiers IRL.

  • @aarushsingh2801
    @aarushsingh2801 3 года назад +10715

    Let’s take a moment to appreciate the gorgeous animation in this video, it’s goddamn beautiful

    • @dawarrior95
      @dawarrior95 3 года назад +45

      Came to say the same.

    • @CrazyCreationAe
      @CrazyCreationAe 3 года назад +26

      I agree 👍

    • @cout3618
      @cout3618 3 года назад +14

      True

    • @sipahrom
      @sipahrom 3 года назад +43

      The ending is so adorable and delightful. amazing animator.

    • @nealneilnil1319
      @nealneilnil1319 3 года назад +11

      great excellent design

  • @osse1n
    @osse1n 5 лет назад +3118

    A chess game is a perfect representation of LIFE
    *"I made one single move - now what?"*

    • @vinayKumar-bt8pr
      @vinayKumar-bt8pr 5 лет назад +13

      Mogga kuduvu

    • @thuse5532
      @thuse5532 5 лет назад +36

      aye! often you can find your personality in a game of chess!

    • @up9948
      @up9948 5 лет назад +63

      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.

    • @Phurngirathaana
      @Phurngirathaana 5 лет назад +1

      Apply Mulberry milkshake on your face

    • @tatleman5314
      @tatleman5314 5 лет назад +5

      As in the life of many, you fail to think through the many possibilities life has to offer.

  • @aryanharsh9939
    @aryanharsh9939 2 года назад +313

    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

  • @moisesmunoz415
    @moisesmunoz415 5 лет назад +1258

    Lol that last scene with the sad computer was awesome.

  • @louisvergoby8615
    @louisvergoby8615 4 года назад +4195

    I came for a brief history of cheese but i was not disappointed

    • @filipluzza3121
      @filipluzza3121 4 года назад +9

      :-D

    • @everyone9399
      @everyone9399 4 года назад +13

      😂😂😂

    • @kiarona.
      @kiarona. 4 года назад +39

      Ahaha I came here *from* a brief history of cheese!

    • @holysong2099
      @holysong2099 4 года назад +7

      C'mon man, the thumbnail's so clear

    • @areascoda2912
      @areascoda2912 4 года назад +2

      I think you meant to say “while watching” instead of “for”

  • @azzikri3020
    @azzikri3020 3 года назад +18162

    "Mom let me explain how my brother died. So Nf3, Qg5, Bh7, Qf8 checkmate"

    • @seal2013
      @seal2013 3 года назад +779

      Lol thats dark

    • @yogirajraikar2044
      @yogirajraikar2044 3 года назад +426

      Highly underrated comment

    • @dba6097
      @dba6097 3 года назад +140

      I dont get it

    • @Frostgiantbutsmall
      @Frostgiantbutsmall 3 года назад +609

      @@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.

    • @dba6097
      @dba6097 3 года назад +120

      @@Frostgiantbutsmall Ah, I understand the moves. But I dont understand if there's something special on those moves 😅

  • @bonnebalante2284
    @bonnebalante2284 Год назад +705

    "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

    • @lucasolguin
      @lucasolguin Год назад +24

      Yeah, I've seen too many times that one Magnus video

    • @serbiamp4
      @serbiamp4 Год назад +21

      OH LET ME IN YOUR WOOOORLD

    • @hindustanimapper
      @hindustanimapper Год назад +1

      YOOO...LEMEINTOWOOOOOOLKUVAICHI....SPLILISSPLILILISHVA...LOLLAIVALIVAINSHWAA

    • @Anupamchess
      @Anupamchess 8 месяцев назад +5

      nooooooooooooo gonna bee wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy jo knowwwwwwwwwwww its uts by bullyeeei onokay nooooooo neiii noooooo ow thats whyyyyyyyy

    • @Bapakkaununez
      @Bapakkaununez 7 месяцев назад +1

      That one atomic edit

  • @-Emiel-
    @-Emiel- 5 лет назад +7797

    Imagine being smart enough to interest people for ages

    • @Leon-pn6rb
      @Leon-pn6rb 5 лет назад +391

      Gupta Empire was one of the grandest in the history of mankind. I wonder why it's not recognised and remembered as well..

    • @generalnawaki
      @generalnawaki 5 лет назад +249

      @@Leon-pn6rb western centrist and far east centrist narratives.

    • @aaddiis45021
      @aaddiis45021 5 лет назад +42

      Bruh they cheated to defeat Kasparov

    • @rafindradzakyatha8740
      @rafindradzakyatha8740 5 лет назад +78

      @@Leon-pn6rb exactly my thought also, coz the same way goes for Srivijaya empire in southeast asia

    • @jancimegapower2528
      @jancimegapower2528 5 лет назад +12

      @@aaddiis45021 well its controversial match at best.

  • @aby5755
    @aby5755 4 года назад +5190

    *dude dies*
    brother: aight lets make a game out of this

    • @unclepodger
      @unclepodger 4 года назад +145

      You could make a religion out of this

    • @graskok2863
      @graskok2863 4 года назад +40

      He just wanted to explain to his mother how his brother died.

    • @TimetoCheckmate
      @TimetoCheckmate 4 года назад +5

      😂

    • @akshaysk9937
      @akshaysk9937 4 года назад +3

      😂😂😂🤦

    • @akshaysk9937
      @akshaysk9937 4 года назад +3

      @@unclepodger they already had a religion

  • @Cherry-da-bomb
    @Cherry-da-bomb 3 года назад +3738

    Bishop and pawn: *infront of each other*
    "Uh..., well this is akward."

    • @nenggo2540
      @nenggo2540 3 года назад +50

      Ya, literally

    • @pmathewizard
      @pmathewizard 3 года назад +46

      Two wrestler facing each other

    • @zhouwu
      @zhouwu 3 года назад +23

      What? Can someone please explain this joke? Is it about taking it literally or something?

    • @norsaki6980
      @norsaki6980 3 года назад +141

      ​@@zhouwu It's just regarding basic chess rules

    • @zhouwu
      @zhouwu 3 года назад +71

      @@norsaki6980
      Ok.
      I'll just nod and smile and pretend I understand what you're talking about.

  • @guillermogambincantera3052
    @guillermogambincantera3052 Год назад +900

    For all that enjoy the queen piece, it was originated in medieval Spain during the reign of Isabella the first.

    • @sherlynn7211
      @sherlynn7211 Год назад +23

      ohhh,, now that's cool! I'm just learning chess,, all this info is fascinating!

    • @robbiewalker2831
      @robbiewalker2831 Год назад +40

      @@sherlynn7211 the video mentioning the Queen being inspired by strong female leaders, I can’t help but think of Deborah, Boudicca, and Mulan.

    • @animegod978
      @animegod978 Год назад +14

      @@robbiewalker2831
      I am not sure but i think the general of army was just renamed as queen.

    • @robbiewalker2831
      @robbiewalker2831 Год назад +7

      @@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.

    • @animegod978
      @animegod978 Год назад +10

      @@robbiewalker2831 no i didn't ask who they were , I just said that general was renamed as queen

  • @keh1396
    @keh1396 3 года назад +12532

    Imagine all this history, and the final chapter is Charlie beating XQC in 6 moves

  • @vaibhavbagaria3184
    @vaibhavbagaria3184 4 года назад +2506

    In India, the "Queen" piece is still called the minister/advisor or "mantri"/"wazir" as in Hindi/Urdu.

    • @alymohamed2738
      @alymohamed2738 4 года назад +208

      Arabic countries also still call it "wazir"

    • @Abhishek-sr2pu
      @Abhishek-sr2pu 4 года назад +167

      @KAUSHIK KUMAR I thought many indian call it rani? As we odisha at least call it rani.

    • @arunsooknarine4738
      @arunsooknarine4738 4 года назад +81

      @@Abhishek-sr2pu hmm maybe it got reintroduced but as the european form and then translated? That would explain why two versions exist

    • @ashwinidixit5981
      @ashwinidixit5981 4 года назад +116

      We call it Rani
      Women empowerment 🙌

    • @hegoingrazy
      @hegoingrazy 4 года назад +88

      @@ashwinidixit5981 simp

  • @dahomeboi9759
    @dahomeboi9759 4 года назад +940

    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

    • @Artist_of_Imagination
      @Artist_of_Imagination 4 года назад +60

      The queen is actually not queen but vazeer (supreme minister)
      Little bit chess history for you too

    • @jewellui
      @jewellui 4 года назад +16

      So very useless? Interesting.

    • @maltt8715
      @maltt8715 4 года назад +8

      omg Gabe nerf queen

    • @azryafriadi3979
      @azryafriadi3979 4 года назад +47

      Man this new patch is broken

    • @plasmakitten4261
      @plasmakitten4261 4 года назад +10

      Minister was originally king but not checkable basically

  • @charlenecrawford7166
    @charlenecrawford7166 2 года назад +69

    Whoever animated this did SO good! I wish every animation was this cool looking and smoothly transitioning

  • @bazuli
    @bazuli 3 года назад +4116

    “The treadmill was originally a torture device.” *Always has been*

    • @ritupandey2324
      @ritupandey2324 3 года назад +34

      I am laughing at your name

    • @chandubhanarkar3383
      @chandubhanarkar3383 3 года назад +5

      @@ritupandey2324 Me too

    • @trunghungpham9414
      @trunghungpham9414 3 года назад +14

      Lol why did they recommend that? It has nothing to do with chess

    • @jrviade85
      @jrviade85 3 года назад +2

      😂😂😂

    • @liamrivers3283
      @liamrivers3283 2 года назад +16

      @@trunghungpham9414 probably because it’s another “history of” video

  • @joshuaramirez5399
    @joshuaramirez5399 5 лет назад +14884

    *when the most important piece is the weakest*

    • @kumrumb
      @kumrumb 5 лет назад +885

      Im 14 and this is deep

    • @NotQuiteFirst
      @NotQuiteFirst 5 лет назад +1221

      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

    • @Wisdom.Phoenix
      @Wisdom.Phoenix 5 лет назад +268

      Not in the endgame

    • @iblamelance5350
      @iblamelance5350 5 лет назад +173

      Joshua Ramirez
      Pans are weaker than the king tho

    • @oscaralonso4699
      @oscaralonso4699 5 лет назад +444

      @@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.

  • @chickensandwich2
    @chickensandwich2 4 года назад +2580

    In India, chess pieces even now are named as -
    King - raja (king)
    Queen - Mantri (Minister)
    Bishop - Senapati (general)
    Knight - Ghoda (horse)
    Rook - Hathi(elephant)

    • @yj9032
      @yj9032 4 года назад +243

      Abhishek Talukdar *hindi names. In different languages there are different names. Don’t get confused. Hindi =/= India.

    • @keshavsingh8583
      @keshavsingh8583 4 года назад +115

      @@yj9032 most names are derivatives of Sanskrir btw what are the names in your native language...

    • @scandy7518
      @scandy7518 4 года назад +152

      King= ರಾಜ (king)
      Queen= ಸೇನಾಧಿಪತಿ (general of army)
      Rook=ಆನೆ (elephant)
      Bishop=ರಥ (chariot)
      Knight=ಕುದುರೆ(horse)
      Pawn=ಪಾದಾತಿ (foot soldier)

    • @keshavsingh8583
      @keshavsingh8583 4 года назад +40

      @@scandy7518 As I can't understand the script could you write the names in English script...

    • @shyamlal6730
      @shyamlal6730 4 года назад +93

      Even the chess is called "Shatranj"

  • @kavyapareek2567
    @kavyapareek2567 Год назад +166

    Thanks to Gupta king for giving us such a masterpiece game 👍🏻

    • @urlosthairtie
      @urlosthairtie Год назад +6

      No problem mate my pleasure 👍

    • @gagan__007
      @gagan__007 9 месяцев назад +4

      It will be not perticularly by him, but by their citizens

    • @soodabehkhorushi
      @soodabehkhorushi 4 месяца назад +2

      Also thank you khosrow Anushiruvan the great for bringing chess into the middle east and making it popular.

  • @plontetris3297
    @plontetris3297 5 лет назад +176

    I really like the quotes at the start of the animation, especially how it relates to the video

  • @KamalSharma-uq1jb
    @KamalSharma-uq1jb 5 лет назад +397

    Snake and ladders were also Invented in India ..it's ancient name was
    "Moksha Patam"

    • @logat1847
      @logat1847 5 лет назад +34

      Kamal Sharma Ancient India has many great wonders

    • @nggaknormal
      @nggaknormal 5 лет назад +18

      India should start game developing industry

    • @anirudhpuranik5222
      @anirudhpuranik5222 5 лет назад +26

      @@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.

    • @NOU-iw3gb
      @NOU-iw3gb 4 года назад

      Not India. These were kingdoms and were developed by kshatriyas and brahmins.

    • @_-AB-_
      @_-AB-_ 4 года назад +4

      @Stellvia Hoenheim , Don't fret. you can have all you want.

  • @Idontcare-qy9yb
    @Idontcare-qy9yb 3 года назад +1936

    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

    • @seamusdoyle4884
      @seamusdoyle4884 2 года назад +36

      r/imsosmart

    • @DanielBoonelight
      @DanielBoonelight 2 года назад +30

      ..yet they still reverted to religion; couldn't've been *that* interested.

    • @MrShanester117
      @MrShanester117 2 года назад +24

      That’s the most nonsense comment I’ve ever heard

    • @Morec0
      @Morec0 2 года назад +19

      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.

    • @DanielBoonelight
      @DanielBoonelight 2 года назад +8

      @@Morec0 #justasbadforsure

  • @GetHype_
    @GetHype_ Год назад +672

    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

    • @exa0710
      @exa0710 Год назад +24

      Let's play a game, e5

    • @insidejob234
      @insidejob234 Год назад +11

      ​@@exa0710 bishop c4

    • @exa0710
      @exa0710 Год назад +8

      @@insidejob234 I was expecting GetHype to respond, but ok: Nc6

    • @pustota7254
      @pustota7254 Год назад +2

      bbrh

    • @midoriya7097
      @midoriya7097 Год назад +9

      "I'm so sorry for your loss, your son sacced his king"

  • @xerisz7163
    @xerisz7163 4 года назад +312

    Imagine they introduce Queen today, everyone would call for nerf, too OP

    • @mohesk
      @mohesk 4 года назад +2

      Xerisz you don’t know the rook do you?

    • @cringename4391
      @cringename4391 4 года назад +1

      2 rooks and open field check mate or 1 rook and a king castled without a rook blocking is also checkmate

    • @goergejohn6986
      @goergejohn6986 4 года назад +5

      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.

    • @adamhedley8924
      @adamhedley8924 4 года назад +5

      @@goergejohn6986 cool story bro

  • @TachiTekmo
    @TachiTekmo 4 года назад +3442

    *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!

    • @LeventK
      @LeventK 4 года назад +45

      Oof. I got it. Nice comment
      This comment deserves more likes
      Underrated!

    • @ZR3009
      @ZR3009 4 года назад +58

      Extra boomer jokes

    • @prophetofprosperity1107
      @prophetofprosperity1107 4 года назад +8

      Schmuffering and Schmilling.

    • @allanjbucknol4414
      @allanjbucknol4414 4 года назад +30

      *21 Century

    • @washmonument
      @washmonument 4 года назад +9

      21st century not 20th century

  • @shakunrelhan2944
    @shakunrelhan2944 3 года назад +326

    Moral : always explain things to your mother, it can REALLY cause miracles...

  • @bapparawal2457
    @bapparawal2457 2 года назад +73

    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.

    • @mingthan7028
      @mingthan7028 6 месяцев назад +7

      Yeah...but they will be considered ''Proto-chess''.
      Not the formal Chaturanga

    • @ElBattaliador
      @ElBattaliador 3 месяца назад

      Currycels always trying to bloat their egos PATHETIC 🤌

  • @licoriceluv906
    @licoriceluv906 4 года назад +11714

    The devs of this game are so lazy, haven't released an update in 3 centuries

    • @marquis911
      @marquis911 4 года назад +659

      You don't need to fix what isn't broken.

    • @logicaltips4107
      @logicaltips4107 4 года назад +1080

      @@marquis911 Bruh, the queen needs a movement nerf though

    • @doctorpanigrahi9975
      @doctorpanigrahi9975 4 года назад +134

      More computing power is needed to solve this Game.

    • @TheSuperJCN
      @TheSuperJCN 4 года назад +230

      there are some community mods to enhance some aspects of the game

    • @ripkhanna
      @ripkhanna 4 года назад +9

      Lmao

  • @bearcatstudios6504
    @bearcatstudios6504 3 года назад +5347

    Imagine if the prince from the Gupta empire never died and chess never became a game

    • @furank_i
      @furank_i 3 года назад +338

      *TVA arrives *

    • @amankumarsingh6744
      @amankumarsingh6744 3 года назад +247

      Then people will focus on how the king become immortal

    • @johnvermintide
      @johnvermintide 3 года назад +104

      Kang: i have a new game. That game sucks. And garry kasparov never became legend. So is magnus carlssen.
      Its called conquest.

    • @alfredprieto1294
      @alfredprieto1294 3 года назад +1

      Arabs developed CHESS.
      so who cares.

    • @PkMath-e1v
      @PkMath-e1v 3 года назад +19

      I would be depressed. But i can still play checkers.

  • @varideasfitidea
    @varideasfitidea 3 года назад +821

    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.

    • @ankitshrivastava7356
      @ankitshrivastava7356 3 года назад +89

      There are lots from word taken from sanskrit around the world including english.

    • @engineer3230
      @engineer3230 3 года назад +64

      Indonesia had majapahit
      So sanskrit would be a common thing in past

    • @ShahanshahShahin
      @ShahanshahShahin 3 года назад +57

      @@engineer3230 before Majapahit Indonesia used to have over 100 Hindu and Buddhist Kingdoms/Empires.

    • @gordonlekfors2708
      @gordonlekfors2708 3 года назад +15

      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.

    • @byron-ih2ge
      @byron-ih2ge 3 года назад +25

      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

  • @pivotalpancake5454
    @pivotalpancake5454 2 года назад +64

    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.

  • @praveenas4675
    @praveenas4675 5 лет назад +1758

    Me: Time to study!
    Ted Ed: *uploads*
    Me: Well, it's about chess! I have to watch it! CHESS IS IMPORTANT! *proceeds to procrastinate*

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  5 лет назад +122

      May we suggest our video on time management as your next watch: bit.ly/TEDEdTime
      😉And then get to studying, Praveena!

    • @praveenas4675
      @praveenas4675 5 лет назад +58

      @@TEDEd OMG you actually replied! Ok I will watch the video...and THEN I'll study HAHAHA

    • @sumdude5172
      @sumdude5172 5 лет назад +29

      @@TEDEd You're not helping

    • @lordx4641
      @lordx4641 5 лет назад +5

      @@TEDEd What is gupta empire though

    • @surajpradhan3055
      @surajpradhan3055 5 лет назад +12

      @@lordx4641It was an ancient Indian empire founded by Chandragupt-1, you can google about it to learn more...

  • @yichern4351
    @yichern4351 5 лет назад +451

    4:51
    No one ever remembers that Kasparov won the first game against Deep Blue ._.

    • @LeventK
      @LeventK 4 года назад +6

      No i am

    • @ignacio_alberiann
      @ignacio_alberiann 4 года назад +17

      The second game was when Kasparov won

    • @LeventK
      @LeventK 4 года назад +2

      @@ignacio_alberiann rofl

    • @wisnuops
      @wisnuops 4 года назад +1

      Yes. In 1996?

    • @ZR3009
      @ZR3009 4 года назад +8

      It's not that I don't remember. I literally didn't know.

  • @paulbechayda7750
    @paulbechayda7750 5 лет назад +1838

    The Mother: Where is your brother? Is he alright?
    The Son: Alright, Let's play a game.

  • @shibshankarmandal974
    @shibshankarmandal974 Год назад +120

    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.

    • @BarlasofIndus
      @BarlasofIndus Год назад

      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

    • @animedc69
      @animedc69 Год назад +17

      ​@@BarlasofIndusin India we don't call it queen. It is minister for us

    • @animedc69
      @animedc69 Год назад +15

      ​@@BarlasofInduschess has nothing to do with Africa

    • @observantmagic4156
      @observantmagic4156 Год назад +1

      @@animedc69no bishop is mantri. Rook is haathi and knight and queen will remain ghoda and raani. Get your facts right friend.

    • @ElBattaliador
      @ElBattaliador 10 месяцев назад

      P@jeet get somewhere else to poop 💩

  • @andymwes
    @andymwes 4 года назад +558

    The Queen: welcome back from battle, where's your brother?
    The prince: aight so you see this board. Say this is the battle field...

    • @shyamlal6730
      @shyamlal6730 4 года назад +15

      Now the queen is the most powerful 🤣🤣

    • @vishalr1228
      @vishalr1228 4 года назад +21

      Queen: oooo that looks fun I wanna play too
      prince: No wait !!!

  • @captainrozario3212
    @captainrozario3212 4 года назад +2731

    "The one who broke the Soviet's domination over the game was IBM's deep blue."
    Bobby Fischer: B***h please!

    • @EchoAvenger
      @EchoAvenger 4 года назад +103

      THANK YOU!!!!

    • @nexalusthegreat1630
      @nexalusthegreat1630 4 года назад +160

      was literally thinking the same thing hahaha. especially considering kasparovs view of the Russian government

    • @amandastanciu9294
      @amandastanciu9294 4 года назад +5

      😂😂

    • @electivire1001
      @electivire1001 4 года назад +151

      I mean after Fischer's few years on top there were just more Russians so he more disrupted it than broke it

    • @ncm2738
      @ncm2738 4 года назад +7

      Spasky will remember that

  • @aaaadit5155
    @aaaadit5155 5 лет назад +470

    How much do I have to pay to get this turned into a feature length film?

    • @arrowghost
      @arrowghost 5 лет назад +10

      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

    • @OutrayChess
      @OutrayChess 5 лет назад +1

      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.

    • @aaaadit5155
      @aaaadit5155 5 лет назад +1

      Outray Chess I did, it’s pretty cool

    • @OutrayChess
      @OutrayChess 5 лет назад +1

      @@aaaadit5155 awesome! Consider subscrbing. We are releasing new content soon.

    • @HenryMcCraken4
      @HenryMcCraken4 5 лет назад

      @@arrowghost you skipped several generations there buddy

  • @ArsonOnNeptune
    @ArsonOnNeptune Год назад +369

    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.

  • @Murpler
    @Murpler 4 года назад +1133

    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.

  • @MyThoughts19902X
    @MyThoughts19902X 5 лет назад +531

    4:37 How many of you thought that it was Bobby Fischer?

    • @someperson9052
      @someperson9052 5 лет назад +50

      Yah! How could they not mention him?

    • @deepakha1750
      @deepakha1750 5 лет назад +7

      I thought Fischer too....

    • @lightscameras4166
      @lightscameras4166 5 лет назад +1

      @DJ Keeler Yeah well Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were major chess champions, most people say were better than Fischer, and both were Soviet

    • @tombatty7315
      @tombatty7315 5 лет назад +9

      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

    • @someperson9052
      @someperson9052 5 лет назад +11

      @Carlos Elias Olivares (Student) True... but what does that have to do with anything? He was still a huge part of chess history

  • @shivishshukla2929
    @shivishshukla2929 5 лет назад +301

    Glad you mentioned chaturanga. Proud to from the country where this brilliant strategy game began.

    • @hypernovic5301
      @hypernovic5301 5 лет назад

      Which country ?

    • @chetannagar5933
      @chetannagar5933 5 лет назад +9

      @@hypernovic5301 india 🇮🇳

    • @YTworld-69
      @YTworld-69 5 лет назад +4

      Isn't it called shatranj

    • @gaming4life834
      @gaming4life834 5 лет назад +6

      @@YTworld-69 Shatranj is called in Urdu (Turkish Originally)

    • @YTworld-69
      @YTworld-69 5 лет назад +1

      @@gaming4life834
      Oh ok 👍
      Thanks for info

  • @davidmella1174
    @davidmella1174 2 года назад +30

    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.

  • @beware_ofdogg
    @beware_ofdogg 3 года назад +207

    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.”

  • @NokkhotroMondol
    @NokkhotroMondol 5 лет назад +1099

    Thanks India
    for inventing such an extraordinary Game,
    The Chess'.

  • @vall432
    @vall432 4 года назад +1002

    You forgot about June Ninth When Chariles White won with 4 moves

    • @zachwhite4107
      @zachwhite4107 4 года назад +24

      This was in my recommended and I was waiting for the God to be mentioned

    • @edwinlundmark
      @edwinlundmark 4 года назад +80

      True, but it was actually 6 moves

    • @bullshitdepartment
      @bullshitdepartment 4 года назад

      Yes

    • @JuanR20421
      @JuanR20421 4 года назад

      YES SIRRRR

    • @mastermind8047
      @mastermind8047 4 года назад +7

      @@edwinlundmark Legends say he defeated his mighty opponent with 1 brilliant move.

  • @khaleedairil1975
    @khaleedairil1975 Год назад +52

    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

    • @ace71
      @ace71 Год назад +8

      Imperialism

    • @whitejester
      @whitejester Год назад +2

      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.

    • @khaleedairil1975
      @khaleedairil1975 Год назад +5

      @@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.

    • @cobaltblue2756
      @cobaltblue2756 Год назад +9

      Yes , it's whitewashed and using many Christianity symbols , it's shame i hope to play original piece

    • @anurupsil8216
      @anurupsil8216 Год назад +3

      Well chatur is great name to be use because in sanaskrit chatur means clever and someone have to be clever to win in chess.

  • @Idn5244
    @Idn5244 5 лет назад +806

    Checkmate
    Its a simple spell but quite unbreakable

    • @QuarterLifeCrises
      @QuarterLifeCrises 5 лет назад +25

      We're in the endgame now

    • @lordx4641
      @lordx4641 5 лет назад +3

      What is gupta e.pire though

    • @QuarterLifeCrises
      @QuarterLifeCrises 5 лет назад +10

      @@lordx4641 it was an empire that ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from 3rd to 6th century. Also called the Golden Age of India.

    • @lordx4641
      @lordx4641 5 лет назад +3

      @@QuarterLifeCrises but wasnt this period where world got maths as it is today?

    • @QuarterLifeCrises
      @QuarterLifeCrises 5 лет назад +10

      @@lordx4641 yes, the Gupta period saw mathematicians like Aryabhatta, who basically invented trigonometry, and they also developed the decimal system, among other things.

  • @distortion1553
    @distortion1553 3 года назад +2155

    Minecraft players: complain that they need updates
    Chess: I don't have such weaknesses

    • @jamesross4593
      @jamesross4593 3 года назад +89

      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.

    • @jasonstewart8612
      @jasonstewart8612 3 года назад +5

      @@youraveragebedwarssweat5922 I don’t know exactly when, but there was a recent update that prevents you from castling with a promoted pawn

    • @jasonstewart8612
      @jasonstewart8612 3 года назад

      @@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
      @jasonstewart8612 3 года назад

      @@youraveragebedwarssweat5922 when you promote a pawn to a rook, you cannot castle the king with the newly created rook.

    • @markcoloway
      @markcoloway 3 года назад +5

      @@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..

  • @saanvimurali6a054
    @saanvimurali6a054 3 года назад +317

    Chaturanga - chatur means 4; anga means a part/division 😊
    Edit: chatur also means clever.

    • @blueworld9706
      @blueworld9706 2 года назад +7

      @Weasel no, all Indian languages word has atleast two meanings

    • @kushalrijal9453
      @kushalrijal9453 2 года назад +5

      @@blueworld9706 this is Sanskrit. Not Hindi. Hindi is a super simplified form of Sanskrit.

    • @ashwinnair1870
      @ashwinnair1870 2 года назад +1

      "Chatur" also means Square and "ranga" means play. So a play inside a Square(8x8).

    • @afgissa7471
      @afgissa7471 2 года назад

      @@blueworld9706 it is persian

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug Год назад

      *PUNS*

  • @dr.ashutoshdiwakar3303
    @dr.ashutoshdiwakar3303 2 года назад +19

    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..😎😎)

    • @matlabkuchbhi3060
      @matlabkuchbhi3060 Год назад +1

      A magician formulated that formula, and he build a mechanical machine, which used to play chess... And no one was near to beat it...

    • @dr.ashutoshdiwakar3303
      @dr.ashutoshdiwakar3303 Год назад +4

      @@matlabkuchbhi3060 Can you please tell me the reference of your saying.....

    • @urlosthairtie
      @urlosthairtie Год назад

      I remember reading this story in a tinkle comic book when i was younger, good days!

  • @baktashjamil5750
    @baktashjamil5750 3 года назад +2893

    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.

  • @martinkhoe
    @martinkhoe 4 года назад +198

    In Indonesia, modern/ordinary chess as we know today is still called "Catur" . Remember the Indian Sanskrit origin in the beginning of the video?

    • @vikramssctelugu6148
      @vikramssctelugu6148 4 года назад +25

      yes culturally indonesia is close to india... but now its became islamic

    • @puneetmishra4726
      @puneetmishra4726 4 года назад +40

      Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Combodia and other southeast asian nations share so much with India from Ramayana to Chaturanga. Our cultures are very close

    • @romilgupta7461
      @romilgupta7461 4 года назад +1

      @Cuddling Cthulhu that was chola empire not gupta empire

    • @alberteinstein4935
      @alberteinstein4935 4 года назад +1

      @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.

    • @gamersmitra7993
      @gamersmitra7993 4 года назад +9

      @@alberteinstein4935 cholas were sanathanis too.

  • @tomjames9926
    @tomjames9926 3 года назад +1591

    No wonder why Indians are so good in Mathematics and Chess games.

    • @taitslong3417
      @taitslong3417 3 года назад +81

      Only 1 world champion produced this far

    • @orzuodinaev3067
      @orzuodinaev3067 3 года назад +68

      I would say "no wonder why Russians are so good at them"

    • @JaggedCanvas
      @JaggedCanvas 3 года назад +46

      Yes because you are an indian lmao. Stop being a narcissist lol.

    • @randomturd1415
      @randomturd1415 3 года назад +156

      @@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

    • @alok5065
      @alok5065 3 года назад +176

      @@taitslong3417 coz most Indians are interested only in cricket and most funds are diverted to cricket otherwise India can produce more world champions

  • @theunknown4602
    @theunknown4602 2 года назад +79

    Thanks India for chess and more important inventions, I can't imagin my the world without India. Lot of love India from France❤❤❤.

    • @buzzwithdrip6347
      @buzzwithdrip6347 2 года назад +10

      Jhoot bolke kuch nahi hoga, sabko pata hai tu Indian hai

    • @mrinangochakraborty5733
      @mrinangochakraborty5733 2 года назад +7

      @@buzzwithdrip6347 but, it's a fact that India invented chess

    • @buzzwithdrip6347
      @buzzwithdrip6347 2 года назад +2

      @@mrinangochakraborty5733 baat to sahi hai

    • @waylonpark2340
      @waylonpark2340 2 года назад +6

      @@mrinangochakraborty5733 But This Kind Of Self Love Hits Different.
      It's Like Rahul Gandhi Making A Fake Account Twitter And Praising Himself

    • @naveengokarla1282
      @naveengokarla1282 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@buzzwithdrip6347 are we sure?

  • @adamaguiar1555
    @adamaguiar1555 4 года назад +3326

    “Only a machine could defeat the dominant Russians”
    Bobby fischer: “am I a joke to you?”

    • @tteerabeats9116
      @tteerabeats9116 4 года назад +31

      No cap

    • @nberg1998
      @nberg1998 4 года назад +55

      Magnus Carlsen

    • @OM-et4qj
      @OM-et4qj 4 года назад +11

      Didn't Kasparov cheat using an actual machine?

    • @yohanncunche6089
      @yohanncunche6089 4 года назад +3

      So true

    • @AGrayPhantom
      @AGrayPhantom 4 года назад +73

      @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).

  • @janeduoz576
    @janeduoz576 4 года назад +34

    what a great animation at 5:05
    I can literally feel the characters

  • @samuraidom6542
    @samuraidom6542 3 года назад +71

    0:40 feel kinda sad for the guy, I mean... just look at that poor soul, devastated...

  • @shi117
    @shi117 2 года назад +35

    TED Ed and Kurzgesagt, the two channels that still maintains my interest even after 10 years.

  • @Andrew-kh7rz
    @Andrew-kh7rz 5 лет назад +5672

    Am i the only one who likes the game but sucks at it?

    • @heathenfire
      @heathenfire 5 лет назад +140

      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

    • @amankodimela8499
      @amankodimela8499 5 лет назад +42

      Yeah me too IM with you

    • @charanpreet_
      @charanpreet_ 5 лет назад +30

      Virtual high five bro

    • @djsalud9946
      @djsalud9946 5 лет назад +48

      Just keep practicing! Try playing some online games and learning through RUclips and you'll get much better!

    • @stanislawwitkowicz918
      @stanislawwitkowicz918 5 лет назад +3

      Me too!

  • @lucysushi1
    @lucysushi1 5 лет назад +351

    I love a good game of chess! Chess club members put your hands up!

    • @AdvancedApe1
      @AdvancedApe1 5 лет назад +3

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 5 лет назад +3

      Aye ✋

    • @djsalud9946
      @djsalud9946 5 лет назад +1

    • @amitcsharma
      @amitcsharma 5 лет назад +2

      🤚🏻

    • @KootFloris
      @KootFloris 5 лет назад

      If ever playful about Chess, try out some of these versions: medium.com/exercises-models-social-inventions/check-on-chess-98e73bd91b06

  • @diptosarker810
    @diptosarker810 4 года назад +527

    The only thing important to know is that "Ghoda" is a respectable animal.

  • @Shayman_03
    @Shayman_03 8 месяцев назад +2

    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

  • @II-V-I
    @II-V-I 5 лет назад +64

    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...

    • @a_karch
      @a_karch Год назад

      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

    • @thenablade858
      @thenablade858 9 месяцев назад

      @@a_karchWhat? He still represented the Soviet team. You’re acting like they painted him as Ted Bundy.

    • @thenablade858
      @thenablade858 9 месяцев назад

      That’s nice. He still represented the Soviet team. Kasparov’s personal politics don’t matter. His status as a Soviet symbol did.

  • @annorakanon
    @annorakanon 4 года назад +45

    2:38 Honestly, this is my favorite part... Their expressions are just GOLD! I mean, seriously...

    • @Sphemus
      @Sphemus 8 месяцев назад +1

      Not to mention that most of the promoted pieces also move like the GOLD General.

  • @Chadeshwor
    @Chadeshwor 5 лет назад +135

    Chess is the combination of sport, science and art.

  • @lettuce1626
    @lettuce1626 Год назад +163

    It hurts me every time I think about how a computer can easily beat the best chess players.

    • @DukeAravothian
      @DukeAravothian Год назад +26

      Yea but the people who made the computers can’t beat the best chess player

    • @lettuce1626
      @lettuce1626 Год назад +6

      @@DukeAravothian I know. Which is why it hurts. No human can beat the computer

    • @normalperson397
      @normalperson397 Год назад +30

      Computers can beat us at basically anything that involves thinking.

    • @lettuce1626
      @lettuce1626 Год назад +5

      @@normalperson397 well once you understand tic tac toe, you can basically win or draw every time

    • @hercules2606hd
      @hercules2606hd Год назад +1

      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

  • @arkae09
    @arkae09 4 года назад +2322

    Here after watching The Queen’s Gambit

  • @ErikB605
    @ErikB605 5 лет назад +605

    The highest rating achieved by a human: 2882
    The highest by AI: 3487

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 5 лет назад +9

      Interesting. Very nice.

    • @-_Nuke_-
      @-_Nuke_- 5 лет назад +93

      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...

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 5 лет назад +120

      @@-_Nuke_- You used therefore so i believe you

    • @ErikB605
      @ErikB605 5 лет назад +14

      @@-_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.

    • @individuotipo
      @individuotipo 5 лет назад +42

      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!

  • @PTBBme
    @PTBBme 5 лет назад +245

    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

    • @SanaSamaha
      @SanaSamaha 5 лет назад +14

      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
      @PTBBme 5 лет назад +3

      @@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.

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 5 лет назад +3

      Um... weren't you burned at the stake?

    • @navneetkashyap802
      @navneetkashyap802 5 лет назад +3

      @@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.

    • @PTBBme
      @PTBBme 5 лет назад

      @@navneetkashyap802 true, i was just wondering if they saw chess like videogames then lol, and then vice versa

  • @generalkenobi6687
    @generalkenobi6687 2 года назад +33

    Interestingly, in my country, Russia, the bishop and the queen are still called "the elephant" (Слон) and "the advisor" (Ферзь (comes from the persian word فرزین‎ (ferzin) - advisor) ).

    • @ace71
      @ace71 Год назад +5

      We call rook as elephant in India and bishop as senani( head of the army)

    • @dkin7685
      @dkin7685 Год назад +2

      ​@@ace71 no bro u are wrong, rook is called nauka(boat),knight is called ghora(horse), bishop is called gaja(elephant) and queen is called mantri(minister),pawn is called boro(infantry), and king always remains king

    • @ace71
      @ace71 Год назад +1

      @@dkin7685 i said in India lol

  • @harryjames8247
    @harryjames8247 3 года назад +844

    Chess comes from India. I mean they were hesitant to say India but atleast they said the prince's name.

    • @yashjoshi6100
      @yashjoshi6100 3 года назад +16

      Why are they but?

    • @sulfur_americium2993
      @sulfur_americium2993 3 года назад +249

      They said the Gupta Empire. Any educated person should know that the Gupta Empire was in India

    • @josephstalin9604
      @josephstalin9604 3 года назад +157

      @@yashjoshi6100 superiority complex thinking that every thing in this world was created by west.

    • @Kristenkore
      @Kristenkore 3 года назад +44

      Gupta Empire =/= India

    • @Thanos-u5f
      @Thanos-u5f 3 года назад +58

      @@Kristenkore earlier name of India was not Gupta empire it was an empire get some knowledge first

  • @UwUO-OUwU
    @UwUO-OUwU 4 года назад +1591

    The word oldest exists. !
    India : ahhh! Here we go again !

    • @legendaryhuman3887
      @legendaryhuman3887 4 года назад +96

      😂 why word "india" is always there in oldest things

    • @Harry-bs1qg
      @Harry-bs1qg 4 года назад +311

      Indians and greeks were once top in inventing stuff during ancient days.

    • @tanaypatel109
      @tanaypatel109 4 года назад +15

      love this comment

    • @कश्परैना
      @कश्परैना 4 года назад +91

      @@Harry-bs1qg although Greeks were also influenced by Bharat...not to mention the wars Greeks n Romans loose while battling with our country...🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏

    • @xxhamedxx01
      @xxhamedxx01 4 года назад +35

      @@Harry-bs1qg Yes and they also never forget to worship their beloved cows!

  • @rdvanbilgic341
    @rdvanbilgic341 4 года назад +15

    5:10
    That poor robot holds a dear place in my heart

  • @forrest_gunkk9376
    @forrest_gunkk9376 2 года назад +13

    1:02
    First ever gaming console/platform

  • @audreymorgan6583
    @audreymorgan6583 5 лет назад +19

    I love the narrator’s voice so much I swear, he should narrate an audiobook

  • @methods5873
    @methods5873 5 лет назад +974

    Never know indians had invented the game. Well done india.

    • @F0rever_zer0
      @F0rever_zer0 5 лет назад +55

      your welcome

    • @Celestial1000
      @Celestial1000 5 лет назад +117

      @@F0rever_zer0 why are you taking credit lol

    • @deviousdevil5556
      @deviousdevil5556 5 лет назад +193

      @@Celestial1000 Because He's Indian, because the inventor of this game is no more to respond.

    • @kunal1957
      @kunal1957 5 лет назад +59

      @@Celestial1000 because people love taking credit

    • @manpreetpurewal3860
      @manpreetpurewal3860 5 лет назад +176

      Even numbers were invented by Indians..look it up... not arabs..

  • @ahmadalhuwaish7504
    @ahmadalhuwaish7504 4 года назад +27

    Shoutout to whoever drew Garry Kasparov in this video. Great job nailing the details!

  • @sargismkrtchyan9598
    @sargismkrtchyan9598 2 года назад +11

    In Armenia we still use "Shahmat" as a name for this game
    Great animation and explanation!

  • @tucody8497
    @tucody8497 3 года назад +257

    “Ah yes. He has reached the state of bongcloud .”
    -Arabian poets, 7th A.D.

  • @khanrakibrk
    @khanrakibrk 4 года назад +121

    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)

    • @Nagraj.L
      @Nagraj.L 4 года назад +2

      India haven't camel😂

    • @khanrakibrk
      @khanrakibrk 4 года назад +33

      @@Nagraj.L.. RIP English.. Tu Rehne de comments karna..

    • @xrrd6613
      @xrrd6613 4 года назад +1

      Who care?

    • @Nagraj.L
      @Nagraj.L 4 года назад +3

      Pakistan mai hoga camel 🖕🏿

    • @Abhishek-sr2pu
      @Abhishek-sr2pu 4 года назад +19

      @@Nagraj.L actually india did had camels.... In rajasthan.

  • @lagreewithyourcomment
    @lagreewithyourcomment 3 года назад +31

    3:39 Hikaru analysing Chess

  • @brunnoduarte4542
    @brunnoduarte4542 2 года назад +8

    2:20 There is a mistake: in Go pieces are placed at intersections of board.

  • @kalasthree3102
    @kalasthree3102 3 года назад +102

    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.

    • @unitedstatesofamerica4737
      @unitedstatesofamerica4737 Год назад +2

      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.

    • @unitedstatesofamerica4737
      @unitedstatesofamerica4737 Год назад +1

      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.

    • @randomguy2926
      @randomguy2926 Год назад +47

      @@unitedstatesofamerica4737 but without indians inventing chaturanga modern chess wouldn't exist

    • @ace71
      @ace71 Год назад +22

      ​@@unitedstatesofamerica4737 it is like saying LED isn't invented by Einstein but bulbs are

    • @mr.curious6872
      @mr.curious6872 Год назад +23

      ​@@ace71 live it , he is an American

  • @randomgirlxrulz
    @randomgirlxrulz 3 года назад +39

    Those historical international variants sound so interesting! Especially the one where you get to use the pieces you capture!

    • @orirune3079
      @orirune3079 3 года назад +3

      That's Shogi. It's still played to this day!

  • @abhilash0518
    @abhilash0518 3 года назад +54

    In India till date the Queen is called Minister, the Bishop, Elephant; the the rook, chariot.

    • @shubhankarmishra-yt6ew
      @shubhankarmishra-yt6ew 9 месяцев назад +1

      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

    • @peaceOP
      @peaceOP 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@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

  • @WarmBreezeStudios
    @WarmBreezeStudios 2 года назад +15

    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!❤♟

    • @kavinkamaraj4556
      @kavinkamaraj4556 Год назад +7

      Ig coz players were "sacrificing" their 'Bishops' all the time

    • @AL4N22_PELIT
      @AL4N22_PELIT Год назад +3

      Because it kept people from visiting churches, reading the bible and such.

    • @Anonymous-8080
      @Anonymous-8080 Год назад

      Cos Magnus is not French

    • @WarmBreezeStudios
      @WarmBreezeStudios Год назад

      @@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♟🙂🥰

    • @gaeig
      @gaeig Год назад

      Because of why today dancing and singing is prohibited in Islam

  • @atomicnolxix
    @atomicnolxix 4 года назад +217

    Why did everyone forget that Kasparov did defeat Deep Blue in the 1st match and then lost against it -.-

    • @johnmcdonough955
      @johnmcdonough955 3 года назад +24

      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

    • @zaphroz8570
      @zaphroz8570 3 года назад +16

      Because the best human player defeating a computer was the norm - nothing new - while a computer defeating the best human player was a novelty.

    • @joule400
      @joule400 3 года назад +17

      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

    • @stupidmemes3251
      @stupidmemes3251 3 года назад

      Perhaps because I learned from him, I mean, he was the world champion

    • @danielyuan9862
      @danielyuan9862 3 года назад +1

      @@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

  • @nuvsh
    @nuvsh 5 лет назад +37

    I'm in love with the graphics

    • @jasondoe2596
      @jasondoe2596 5 лет назад +1

      Especially the board being set up incorrectly, am I right?
      (see: 3:20 and the video thumbnail)

    • @nuvsh
      @nuvsh 5 лет назад

      @@jasondoe2596 I get the sarcasm but I love it anyway ❤️

    • @AlexandrBorschchev
      @AlexandrBorschchev 4 года назад

      @@jasondoe2596 ocd intensifies

    • @jasondoe2596
      @jasondoe2596 4 года назад +1

      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!

    • @AlexandrBorschchev
      @AlexandrBorschchev 4 года назад

      @@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 :>

  • @minimurali9700
    @minimurali9700 4 года назад +928

    Seriously no one's is uttering the word "India"

    • @mbb5370
      @mbb5370 4 года назад +261

      I know right. Its almost as if they are undermining the fact that it was invented in India. Records say 6th century but scripts of Ramayana showcase how Ravana was a genius in chatarunga.

    • @treeinafield5022
      @treeinafield5022 4 года назад +99

      1:26 well it wasn't India yet and you can clearly see the map where India would be so I don't know why you're complaining

    • @Mandemon1990
      @Mandemon1990 4 года назад +148

      Because there was no "India", as a state, at the time. Gupta Empire did exists, and they do name it, and show image where we can see where Gupta Empire was.

    • @puneetmishra4726
      @puneetmishra4726 4 года назад +122

      @@Mandemon1990 India defies all concepts of west. West (including middle east) tends to see things like a single entity, whether it is god or state. There always has been sense of "unity in diversity" in india. Although there were thousands of political entities, Indian people share common culture, philosophy and practices. Which is the INDIA.

    • @KaranSingh-xc8bd
      @KaranSingh-xc8bd 4 года назад +37

      @@treeinafield5022 same way the Han can be called Chinese

  • @Vario69
    @Vario69 2 года назад +9

    In Czech, we call bishop an "archer" (střelec) and knight a "rider" (jezdec)

  • @mr.sprinter3584
    @mr.sprinter3584 3 года назад +105

    I feel bad for the dude who lost, he was so sad, and nobody even said gg 0:39 :C

  • @occultatorm2514
    @occultatorm2514 4 года назад +209

    My thought:
    0:49 “Hey the main story character shows up”
    0:54 “Oh nvm”

  • @kstenef7222
    @kstenef7222 3 года назад +19

    4:32 The glasses lift proves how smart he is😆

  • @kindaca7950
    @kindaca7950 11 месяцев назад +7

    No matter how much people troll India on internet, we gotta admit it contributed so much to the world of intellectual minds.

    • @Alakazam001
      @Alakazam001 8 месяцев назад +4

      Number system
      Decimal system
      Fibonncai sequence
      Algebra
      Trignometry
      Chess
      Surya siddhanta
      And many more
      The list doesnt end.

    • @matrix9140
      @matrix9140 4 месяца назад +3

      @@Alakazam001 also the birth place of the two major eastern religions, hinduism and buddhism.