Chess is a two player strategy board game where the aim is to move different types of playing piece, each with a prescribed set of possible moves, around a chequered square board trying to capture the opponents ‘king’ piece. Today there are over 2,000 identifiable variants of the game.

One theory is that an early game similar to chess called Chaturanga originated in Northern Indian Subcontinent during the Gupta period (~ 319 – 543 CE) and spread along the Silk Roads west to Persia.

(United Nations Press)

Fujairah 45th World Chess Championship

Under the patronage of His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah.

Fujairah Chess & Culture Club will host the 45th World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) & 64th World Congress of Chess Composition (WCCC).

From 12th to 19th of November, 2022.