It is the world's oldest game, yet it's one of the most popular cyber sports.

It's been called the Game of Kings, and yet it can be mastered by children.

Its origins are truly global, having passed through several of the world's greatest civilizations

and it can and is played almost everywhere on Earth.

I am of course talking about chess.

Learn more about chess, where the game came from and how it's played today on this episode of

Everything Everywhere Daily. The origins of chess go way back and the place where the game originated often surprises many people.

Chess is usually thought of as being a European game, and while there are elements that were developed in Europe, more on that in a bit,

the game that we know as chess actually

originated in India. The original game in India was known as Chateranga, and it's believed

to have been developed in Northwest India about 1500 years ago.

If you look at a Chattaranga board,

you'll probably mistake it for a chess board at first glance.

The board itself is an 8 square by 8 square grid,

just like a chess board. Each side has 16 pieces. The front row

pieces are all the same, just like pawns. The back row has different pieces which

all correspond to pieces and chess. The fundamental difference between Chattoranga and chess is that the

piece which is the equivalent of the king are not directly in line from each other and some of the

other pieces have different movements. Chattoranga comes from the Sanskrit word for meaning four-limbed, which is a reference to the

four types of military units used in ancient India.

Infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots.

The infantry is the equivalent of pawns. The chariots are the infantry is the equivalent of ponds.

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