Home›Chess-Family War Games›All Chess-Family War GamesBrowse ByAll Chess-Family War GamesFactsAll Chess-Family War GamesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Frequently Asked QuestionsFactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested600 CE 1Defining CharacteristicWell-attestedChess spread throughout the world and many variants of the game soon began taking shape. 2All Chess-Family War GamesFilter Results44 entriesCompetitionAllWorld Chess Championship (1)Active EraAll1836 (1)1868 (1)1888 (1)1892 (1)1901 (1)1911 (1)1921 (1)1922 (1)1924 (1)1929 (1)1936 (1)1937 (1)1941 (1)1943 (1)1945 (1)1951 (2)1961 (1)1963 (1)1964 (1)1967 (1)1969 (2)1970 (2)1975 (3)1976 (1)1979 (1)1982 (2)1983 (1)1985 (1)1987 (2)1990 (1)1991 (1)1992 (2)1994 (1)2006 (1)Competition CategoryAllIndividual (41)Mixed or Doubles (1)NationalityAllArmenia (1)Azerbaijan (1)Bulgaria (1)China (5)Cuba (1)Georgia (2)Germany (1)Hungary (1)India (2)Japan (1)Netherlands (2)Norway (1)Philippines (1)Russia (4)Ukraine (3)United States (2)Uzbekistan (1)Zambia (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 44Alexander AlekhineChess-Family War GamesAlexander GeorgievChess-Family War GamesAlexei ChizhovChess-Family War GamesAmon SimutoweChess-Family War GamesAnatoly KarpovChess-Family War GamesAnna UsheninaChess-Family War GamesBobby FischerChess-Family War GamesBoris SpasskyChess-Family War GamesDing LirenChess-Family War GamesEmanuel LaskerChess-Family War GamesEugenio TorreChess-Family War GamesFabiano CaruanaChess-Family War GamesGarry KasparovChess-Family War GamesGukesh DommarajuChess-Family War GamesHans BerlinerChess-Family War GamesHikaru NakamuraChess-Family War GamesHou YifanChess-Family War GamesHu RonghuaChess-Family War GamesIser KupermanChess-Family War GamesJose Raul CapablancaChess-Family War GamesJu WenjunChess-Family War GamesJudit PolgarChess-Family War GamesLevon AronianChess-Family War GamesMagnus CarlsenChess-Family War GamesMaia ChiburdanidzeChess-Family War GamesMax EuweChess-Family War GamesMiguel NajdorfChess-Family War GamesMikhail BotvinnikChess-Family War GamesMikhail TalChess-Family War GamesNona GaprindashviliChess-Family War GamesPiet RoozenburgChess-Family War GamesRuslan PonomariovChess-Family War GamesRustam KasimdzhanovChess-Family War GamesSusan PolgarChess-Family War GamesTeimour RadjabovChess-Family War GamesTigran PetrosianChess-Family War GamesVasily SmyslovChess-Family War GamesVeselin TopalovChess-Family War GamesViswanathan AnandChess-Family War GamesVladimir KramnikChess-Family War GamesWilhelm SteinitzChess-Family War GamesXie JunChess-Family War GamesYoshiharu HabuChess-Family War GamesZoja GolubevaChess-Family War GamesSources1. Wikipedia: Chaturangatier 2WikipediaChaturanga, Origin sectionQuote, Chaturanga, Origin sectionThe earliest clear reference comes from north India from the Gupta Empire, dating from the sixth century AD.View the Source2. Wikipedia: History of chesstier 2WikipediaHistory of chess, Origin sectionQuote, History of chess, Origin sectionChess spread throughout the world and many variants of the game soon began taking shapeView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.Frequently Asked QuestionsWhy does this atlas carry chess grandmasters as athlete entities?Games are first-class citizens in this atlas, so chess grandmasters and champions are carried as athlete entities alongside physical-sport competitors.This subcategory groups athletes who competed in chess, the abstract strategy game of the chess family, carried as athlete entities alongside physical-sport competitors because games are first-class citizens in this atlas. Chess grandmasters and champions belong here, while players of other board or card games are grouped under their own game-family categories elsewhere in this tree.