CHESS

is a popular strategy game between two people. It consists of moving pieces across the board to attack and capture the opponents pieces. The game is won when the opponents king is inescapably trapped in a checkmate.
Did you know? India is the birthplace of chess, known then as chaturanga. How it came to be called chess can be traced from the terms check and checkmate that came from shah, meaning king, and shah mat, meaning king is helpless.