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The earliest written record of chess.

The earliest written record about chess is Chu Ci.

The introduction of chess is as follows:

Chess is a chess game in which two people take turns to win by "dying" or "trapping" their opponents, and it has hundreds of millions of fans. It can not only enrich cultural life and cultivate sentiment, but also help to develop intelligence, enlighten thinking, exercise dialectical analysis ability and cultivate tenacious will.

In the game, the player holding the red chess goes first, and the two sides take turns to go one by one until the outcome is tied and the game is over. It's the turn of a chess player to move a piece from one intersection to another, or to eat the opponent's piece and occupy its intersection, which is considered as a move. Both sides are walking, which is called a round.

Details are as follows:

Originated from the legendary Shennong family. Monks in the Yuan Dynasty often said in the Biography of Buddhism: "Shennong takes the sun, moon and stars as images, and cattle, monks and children in the Tang Dynasty replaced them with chariots, horses, scholars and soldiers with guns."

Originated in the Shun period. Legend has it that Shun's half-brother is called Xiang, lazy and playful. Modern scholars often say in the book "Sino-Indian Art Career": "Shun forbids his life because he is unruly and afraid of his loneliness, and plays chess for him to entertain him. Because of its name, it is called chess. "

As follows:

Chess, also known as Chess, China Chess and China traditional chess puzzle game, has a long history in China, which was recorded in the pre-Qin period. Belonging to a two-person antagonistic game, it has become a very popular chess activity because of its simple equipment and strong interest. Chess is mainly popular among Chinese and countries with Chinese cultural circles. It is one of the 78 sports officially launched in China. It is one of the official events of the first World Intellectual Games.

China chess is a typical epitome of feudal society in China, which embodies the development level of social system, ideology and productivity in feudal times. It also simulates the ground war and reflects the situation of military struggle.