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The best representatives of ancient Georgian literature in the creativity sang of chess, its rich and attractive world. In life of the Georgian people chess takes a place of honor, chess concepts took roots in a daily spoken language.

  • 1119 — the first game on correspondence between the king of England Henry I and the king of France Louis VI Took place.

    1173 — In the French manuscript for the first time used the algebraic chess notation.

    1471 — the first work which is completely devoted to chess of that time — the Gottingen manuscript.

One of the ancient Greek myths associated with Georgia is believed to belong to the first half of the second millennium BC.

Most long (27 years — from 1894 to 1921) was the champion Emanuel Lasker. He won the greatest number of for a title of the world champion — 7 (including a match of 1909, which some historians it isn't considered chess official).

• The only champion who died undefeated — Alexander Alyokhin.