23/06/2017
The Turk: Warning over the perils of artificial intelligence arms races have made headlines of late, but debates over the possibilities of AI have been raging since the ’70s. The 1770s. At the dawn of that decade, an inventor by the name of Wolfgang von Kempelen debuted his latest creation in Vienna: A chess-playing automaton made for Habsburg Archduchess Maria Theresa. Known initially as the Automaton Chess Player and later as the Mechanical Turk—or just the Turk—the machine consisted of a mechanical man dressed in robes and a turban who sat at a wooden cabinet that was overlaid with a chessboard. The Turk was designed […]
23/06/2017
The Turk – A Chess Machine The Turk was an 18th century chess machine, or so people thought. Victimizing a number of people such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin, it was actually not a machine. Chess and Your Brain Chess is often cited by psychologists as an effective way to improve memory function. Also allowing the mind to solve complex problems and work through ideas, it is no wonder that chess is recommended in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Some contend that it can increase one’s intelligence, though that is a more complex topic. The effects of chess on young individuals had […]
23/06/2017
The earliest precursor of modern chess in the history of chess is a game called chaturanga, which flourished in India by the 6th century, and is the earliest known game to have two essential features found in all later chess variations—different pieces having different powers (which was not the case with checkers and Go), and victory depending on the fate of one piece, the king of modern chess. Findings in the Mohenjo-daro and Harappa (2600–1500 BCE) sites of the Indus Valley Civilization show the prevalence of a board game that resembles chess. However, the original chess board was mathematically revolutionary, […]
23/06/2017
The history of chess started from the precursors to chess originated in India during the Gupta Empire. There, its early form in the 6th century was known as chaturaṅga, which translates as “four divisions (of the military)”: infantry, cavalry, elephantry, and chariotry. These forms are represented by the pieces that would evolve into the modern pawn, knight, bishop, and rook, respectively. According to chess historians Gerhard Josten and Isaak Linder, “the early beginnings” of chess can be traced back to the Kushan Empire in Ancient Afghanistan, circa 50 BCE–200 CE. Chess was introduced to Persia from India and became a […]
23/06/2017
Chess was invented around 1500 years ago although the exact earliest history of chess is uncertain. The earliest predecessor of the game probably originated from India, before the 6th century AD; a minority of historians believe the game originated from China. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century. Along the history of chess, chess has been changed time by time. The “Romantic Era of Chess” was the predominant […]
24/05/2017
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23/05/2017
Cờ Vua không chỉ là môn thể thao trí tuệ mà còn mang tính nghệ thuật, giúp trẻ trở nên nhanh nhẹn, hoạt bát và rèn luyện những phẩm chất cao quý
