I-Chess ingenye yemidlalo yasendulo neyasakazeka kakhulu emhlabeni. Inombolo enkulu yabantu emhlabeni wonke play chess kokubili amateur futhi professional. I-International Day of Chess inikezelwa ekuthuthukiseni le midlalo nakakhulu.
Umlando we-chess
Umsunguli we-chess wanamuhla ungumdlalo wasendulo waseNdiya u-Chaturanga, owathi, njengoba izazi-mlando kanye nabavubukuli, abantu baqala ukudlala ekhulwini lesi-5 AD. Igama elithi chess lavela kusukela ku-word old-combination, okusho ukuthi "umbusi ufile."
Kamuva i-Chaturanga yashintshwa, iphendukela emdlalweni wanamuhla ngezithombe ezisensimini, ezakhiwa ngamaseli angu-64 ombala omhlophe nomnyama. Umdlalo uhilela abadlali ababili, ngamunye olawula izingcezu ezingu-16. Zonke izibalo zinezici zazo siqu ngokuqondisa kokuhamba, kanye namagugu ensimini. Umsebenzi womdlali "ukubulala" (ukunyakaza okubhubhisa isibalo) senkosi yesitha ngenkathi egcina eyakhe emkhakheni wokudlala. Lesi yisimo esibizwa ngokuthi "umlingani", nokuhamba okuphambi kwayo futhi kudala usongo ngokushesha kunkosi "shah".
Ingaziwa nini i-International Chess Day?
I-World Chess Day igujwa ngesinyathelo se-International Chess Federation (FIDE) kusukela ngo-1966. Leli holide ligujwa minyaka yonke ngoJulayi 20, futhi zonke izenzakalo eziphethwe ngenhlonipho zihloswe ekusakazeni umdlalo kanye nokwanda kwayo emhlabeni jikelele. Kulolu suku emazweni amaningi kunemiqhudelwano ye-chess yamazinga ahlukene, imiklomelo inikezwa ngezibalo ezihlonishwayo kulo mdlalo, ezikoleni nakwezinye izikhungo zemfundo eyengeziwe yemfundo ye-chess ivuliwe futhi ukuzijabulisa okuhlukahlukene okusebenzayo kusekelwe kulo mdlalo ohlakaniphile kakhulu.