chess world day

Want to impress your mates with some Chess trivia?

With World Chess Day coming up on July 20th, Active Mile has you covered with some of the most interestingly, random chess facts we could find.

As there are traditionally 16 pieces on a chess board, here are 16 facts to tell your friends…

1. About 600,000,000 (six hundred million) people know how to play chess worldwide.

2. There are well over 1,000 different openings to a game of chess.

3. The word “checkmate” means “the king is dead” and is derived from the Persian phrase “shah mat”.

4. World heavyweight boxing champion (and good friend of the UAE) A