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Year
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Event
( 800 to 895 )
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0800
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Al-Rushid, Caliph of Baghdad, first caliph to play
Chess.
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0800
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Chinese
Chess (Hsiang ch'i) introduced.
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0800
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Correspondence game by Emperor Nicephorus and Haron Al-Rashid.
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0800
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Moors bring
Chess to Spain. Chess reaches Italy.
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0800
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Al-Adli ar-Rumi born.
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0801
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Charlemagne (742-814) introduced to
Chess.
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0802
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Nicephorus of Byzantium writes to al-Rashid about
Chess.
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0802
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The first mention of a woman
Chessplayer comes from an Islamic
correspondence between Harun ar Rashid and Nicephorus
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0805
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Ash-shafi'i, famous Muslim lawyer, plays blindfold.
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0808
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Al Amon; Caliph Al Amon of Baghdad protested at being disturbed
while playing.
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0809
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Harun ar-Rashid died. Abbasid caliph of Islam 786-809. First in his
dynasty to play Chess.
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0809
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Al-Amin ibn ar-Rashid reigns.
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0809
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Ar-Rashid died.
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810
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0813
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Abdullah al-Mamun, son of Harun ar-Rashid, reigned.
Chessplayer.
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0813
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Al-Amin ibn Harun ar-Rashid died.
Chessplayer.
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0818
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Aliyat; top players were Jabir al-Kufi, Rabrab, and Abu'n-Na'am. (aliyat)
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0819
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GM; Caliph Al-Ma'mun gives 4 players the GM title.
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0819
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Al-Mamum watched Rabrab, Jabir al-Kufi, and Abdalghaffar al-Ansari
play Chess in Baghdad.
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820
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0820
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Russia;
Chess introduced in Russia through the Caspian-Volga trade
route.
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0820
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Ash-Shafii died.
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830
|
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0833
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Abdullah al-Mamun died.
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840
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0840
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Billah; first
Chess problem composed by the caliph Billah.
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0840
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Al-Aldi is considered the best
Chess player (aliyat)
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0842
|
al-Aldi, authors 'A book of
Chess.'
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0842
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Al-Mutasim ibn Harun ar-Rashid died.
Chess problem attributed to him.
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0842
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Al-Wathiq died.
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0845
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Ar-Razi defeats al-Aldi in the presence of al-Mutawakki.
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0847
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Al-Mutawakkil died.
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0849
|
Reference to
Chess in Kashmir Haravijaya 'Victory of Siva' by
Ratnakara.
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850
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0850
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Decimal
Chess invented. Board is 10 x 10. First use of
Dice in Chess.
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0855
|
Hanbal, Ahmad ibn died.
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0858
|
Al-Hallaj born.
|
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860
|
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0866
|
Al-Mutazz was playing
Chess when the head of his chief rival was
brought to him.
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0869
|
Al-Mutazz died.
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870
|
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0873
|
Al-Ashari born. Philosopher.
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0875
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Knight tour; first reference to
Knight's tour (turaga) in the Sanskrit
Kavyalankara of Rudrata.
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880
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0880
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As-Suli; Abu as-Suli b. Author of the first book on Shatranj.
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0880
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Coordinate notation used in the Arab countries.
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890
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0892
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Al-Mutadid comes to power.
Chess player.
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0895
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Greeks;
Chess introduced to the Greeks; they call it zatrikion.
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