Origin of The Game of Chess

The origins of chess are not known with certainty but it can easily be seen that the Persians affected the game since it is full of terminology from that language. Foot soldiers in the Persian army were called piyadah, which explains the use of the word pawns in today's game. The Persian chariot was a rukh, which became the rook. The Persian king was the shah. which evolved into the word chess. Shahmati which means 'the king is dead, became the expression checkmate, which signals that one of the players has been successful. In conclusioni the repeated use of Persian words in its terminology shows that chess is of Persian origin.