Game of Kings

Roughly around the fiscal year 780 A.D. the

"blacks", "blue men", or Moros and Marranos (Islamic & Jewish Moors) introduced the board game "shatranj"

"shuturanij" (Arabic) or in Farsi (Persian) "chatrang" into Andalusia (Espania). "Chess was played many centuries ago in China, India, and Persia. Its origin is unknown. In the eighth century, armies of Arabs known as Moors invaded Persia.

The Moors learned chess from the Persians. When the Moors later invaded Spain, the soldiers brought the game of chess with them. Soon the Spanish were playing chess, too. From Spain, chess quickly spread throughout all of Europe."