Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

chess has been in the spotlight in the last few weeks after Dadang Subur aka Fan god, went viral on social media and had time to do WGM Irene Sukandar ignited.

Dewa Fan suddenly became popular for being viewed as a cheat when he won against GothamChess aka Levy Rozman on Chess.com. Not long after that, Chess.com blocked Dewa Fan for fraud.

Irene then wrote an open letter saying that Dadang had attacked Indonesian chess. Dadang does not accept this and challenges Irene to a peasant fight.

Irene accepted the Dewa Fan Challenge until the duel was broadcast live on YouTube by Deddy Corbuzier on Monday (March 22nd). In this game Irene won 3-0.

So where did chess come from to be so popular? Here is the story of the brain teasers that started out out into the world from India.

It is undeniable that almost all of the literature mentions that chess comes from India. Chess.com This sport was born before AD 600 known as Chaturanga.

The game spread to Asia and Europe and eventually evolved as chess around the 16th century.

During his journey, chess underwent several changes in the rules of the game, until the end of the 16th century, the era of Ruy Lopez, when the game of chess reached its present-day form.

Ruy Lopez is a Spanish priest who is considered one of the first masters of the game. The chess theory was so primitive at the time that Lopez advocated a strategy in which you played with the rays of the sun on your opponent.

Then, in 1913, HJR Murray wrote a book, “A History of Chess”. He mentions that the history of chess began in northern India, traveled to Persia, and then spread across the entire Asian continent.

In the east, for example in India or Persia, chess became part of the royal court education.

Back then, words like “Shah!” or king in Persian or “Shah Mat! which means that the king is powerless.

These words were very similar to the terms “check” and “checkmate” used today. The rules were very similar to today’s chess rules.

Soviet domination in the 20th century

Players from the Soviet Union and Russia won world titles from 1927 to 2006. From the Alekhine era, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik were world champions and chess giants of the 20th and early 20th centuries. – 21st

The style of the chess legend is very different. Karpov, Petrosian, Smyslov and Kramnik are known to be masters in positional play, as their offensive style takes on the style of Mikhael Tal.

While Alekhine, Botvinnik and Kasparov are considered very dynamic skills and always have surprises in store for all of their opponents.

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Since 2005, computers have been considered to be far more powerful than the human brain. This is because the supercomputer Hydra easily defeated Michael Adams, who at that time was the owner of the seventh rank in the world.

The computer engine continued to evolve after the popular open source Stockfish engine had an estimated ELO rating of up to 3400. In 2017 AlphaZero, a new unit in the chess world, beat Stockfish in 100 games and 1000 games the following year.

However, humans have also become stronger with the help of computers to carry out analysis, research and opening theories. With ELO 2882 in 2014, world champion Magnus Carlsen is still the highest record holder in history and currently holds the classic rating of 2876.

(jun / jal)