History

The game is said to have been invented in India around the fourth century B.C. although its earliest mention in literature occurred in a Persian romance, the Karnamak, written about 600A.D. Many notable people in history made chess their favourite pastime. The game’s fascination has been embraced by many famous people including:

Bill Gates, Madonna, John Lennon, Salvador Dali, Beethoven, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Sting,Will Smith, Woody Allen, Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock, Lennox Lewis, Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, George, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, John McEnroe, Rafael Benitez, Lennox Lewis, Winston Churchill, Pope John Paul II Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria