⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛ SUMMARY: Chess is an ancient mental board game of abstract strategy amongst two individuals where one side is White and the other side is Black with it's board game pieces positioned on the 68 Black and White square patterns 8x8 grid which is the battlefield of this abstract mental war strategy board game ⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛ HISTORY: The earliest evidence of Chess goes back to 600 AD in ancient Iran under the Sassanid Dynasty where the board game came to be known as "Chatrang" (Native Middle Iranian or Pahlavi Iranian: چترنگ) which literally means "Four Divisions of the Military" known as the Infantry, Cavalry, Elephant and Chariotry that is represented by the pieces of the board game and later Chatrang was taken up by the Muslim World after the Islamic Conquest of Iran where the term was Arabized into "Shatranj" (Arabized Iranian: شترنج) and this term was borrowed by Arabic by becoming "Al-Shaṭranj" (Pure Arabic: الشطرنج) The term "Checkmate" comes from the Iranian term "Shāhmāt" which literally means "the Monarch is stuck" (i.e. "the Lord is stuck") The ancient Iranian Premier Bozorgmehr under the leadership of the Monarch of Iran Shāhanshāh Khosrow Anushirvan the Just introduced the game to their ancient Iranian citizens of their Great Empire with it's following pieces ⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛ THE PIECES: • The actual original Iranian (i.e. Aryan) names of the pieces with their literal translation meanings ♔ | ♚ Monarch (i.e. Lord) = Shāh (شاه) ♕ | ♛ Premier = Farzin (فرزین) or Vazir (وزیر) ♗ | ♝ Elephant-rider = Pil (پیل) ♘ | ♞ Horse-rider = Asp (اسپ) ♖ | ♜ Rook (chariot tower) = Rokh (رخ) ♙ | ♟ Footsoldier = Piādeh (پیاده) ⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛ THE LAWS OF MOVEMENT: • The ways pieces are allowed to move that guides any player to formulate their strategy to kill the enemy pieces of the opponent player 🟣 The Monarch (i.e. Lord) Piece is the most important piece that can only move 1-square to any direction 🟣 The Premier Piece is the most powerful piece that can move any number of squares in either direction

Copied from google: Hokum is a noun that refers to nonsense, foolish talk, or untrue ideas. It is often used to describe claims or stories meant to deceive, mislead, or impress others—similar in meaning to "baloney," "poppycock," or "mumbo-jumbo". Etymologists believe "hokum" is a blend of two old-fashioned terms: "hocus-pocus" and "bunkum" (which itself means nonsense or empty speech).

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I love Elica, she makes great points. What do you all think on what she is saying? Thoughts?