On 18 November 1844, the Washington Chess Club challenged its counterparts in Baltimore to a match. Two teams were organized, and at 4 p.m. on 26 November, the first game commenced with three ...
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People played chess over the telegraph in 1844 and it accidentally created the first e-sport
On a cold November afternoon in 1844, players in Washington opened a chess game in the old, familiar way, with a pawn pushed into the center. But their opponents were not across the table, or even ...
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