Chess is one of the most famous strategic games known to man. There are many chess tournaments around the globe where grandmasters clash. There is a reason why chess is a timeless game. There are many speculations that chess might be invented by an alien race with transcendental intelligence because of its complexity. In mathematics, there is an infamous value named Shannon number. According to this number, there are more possible chess games than all atoms in the universe.
"Can you do addition?" the White Queen asked. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?" "I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count."
Through the Looking Glass(Lewis Carroll).
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, The World Chess President even claimed that chess came from an advanced civilization. In 1997, he was abducted by aliens and they allegedly told him about the true nature of chess as a cosmic game. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov even noted that there are codes hidden in the chess game for example 64 squares on the chessboard and 64 codons in human DNA. He believes that the number is not merely coincidental, it was, in fact, an elaborate design by aliens.
Chess can be enjoyed by people of many ages. On the surface, chess might look like a simple game, but some peculiarities will unfold once a person became adept at playing it. The case of the Shannon number and Kirsan's abduction is open for many interpretations for now. Chess Is Alien Game?: There Are More Possible Chess Games Than All Atoms In The Universe
Written by Kent McGrath, Lucis Philippines contributor.
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