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Assess : newly added and existing articles, maybe nominate some good B-class articles forGA; independently assess some as A-class, regardless of GA status.
I'd argue that the rise of chess engines warrants an entirely new section, since they have radically transformed chess in a way not seen, arguably, since castling was standardized. The cutoff date would probably be somewhere around 1987, the introduction of Chessbase, which also lines up with the reign of Kasparov, one of its early adopters and promoters.
This is further supported by the additional development of online chess, which has now overtaken over-the-board chess as the "primary" way people play it. The shortened time controls, streaming, and fast news cycle all make the modern era radically different from 1945, the start of "The Post-War Era." Right now, we have just one sentence about all this, but there should be lots of information, including the Covid Pandemic, the two chess booms caused by The Queen's Gambit and Mittens, respectively, etc.Sitbear (talk)00:12, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Did a lot of "beefing up." Created two headers for the Kasparov/Computer Era and the Carlsen/Online Chess Era, and added information about the rise of computer chess (including Deep Blue & Chessbase), Carlsen's dominance, the popularity of chess servers like chess.com/lichess/ICC, new chess media landscape (including Hikaru/Levy), and finally NNUE enhancements and Alphazero/Stockfish/Komodo. Needs cleaning up, but I think I got most of the important points on there.Sitbear (talk)13:46, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've learned that chess has been banned, as recently as this century (by the Taliban). Would it be a worthwhile addition to this article, or is it found elsewhere on Wikipedia?Alaney2k (talk)13:59, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know of another article that mentions this, although I dimly remember having seen it somewhere years ago.
I heard the ban mentioned during a CBC Radio broadcast of 'Under The Influence'. Mostly Islamic places have banned chess, but England has also. I'll see what is out there. It is somewhat trivial, but it might be interesting to readers.Alaney2k (talk)18:56, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This article probably doesn't qualify as a reliable source, but it's interesting. Basically no country in the world currently bans chess, nor is chess in general banned by Islam unless it's played for gambling purposes. After all, it originally spread to Europe via the Islamic world.MaxBrowne2 (talk)07:47, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
India didn't exist in any form 1500 years ago, and the cited sources don't claim India is where the game originated. It's confusing to mix modern countries with ancient cultures.Chhatrapati Aurangzeb (talk)01:44, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
At the start of the Origin section, the article cites H. J. R. Murray's book, A History of Chess, pages 26-27 and pages 51-52. In those sections of that book, Murry repeatedly refers to "India" and "N. W. India" (N. W. meaning North West), claiming that chess originated there. Of course, national boundaries and boundaries of ethnic groups were quite different then from what they are now. But Murray and our more recent sources have generally used "India" as a placeholder for the country to which the Persian manuscripts give credit for the invention of the game, and the country in which the Sanskrit manuscripts were written.Bruce leverett (talk)02:33, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
TheHistory of chess#Early changes to the rules section needs citations for several old rules: king leap, queen leap, and absolutely pinned pieces don't check the opponents king. The diagram for the last was a rather recent addition to the article. Unless the awkward diagram caption can be improved, I think it would be better to simply omit the pinned piece diagram.Quale (talk)04:42, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
level-5 vital article is ratedB-class on Wikipedia'scontent assessment scale.
Not done for now: Please provide the image to replace it with.Ultraodan (talk)06:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
