Chess spread all over the world in the Ancient Ages, where there was Correspondence Chess played everywhere in an era where communication was rapidly improving, ideas were diffusing and culture was growing. A game between Emperor Nicephorus and the Caliph of Baghdad, Harun al-Rachid was played in the 9th century, and a correspondence chess game was played in 1119 by King Henry the First of England and King Louis VI of France through couriers. Venetian and Croatian Merchants often played correspondence chess through letters. Below is the earliest recorded chess game: But the need for faster ways to play chess eventually overtook everyone, and when the Information Age came around and everything boomed, there was a great influx of popularity around Internet Chess Servers. Internet Chess Servers have been around for quite a long time. The first one was a grand thing, where correspondence chess could be played. Although Plato Systems were large, bulky bricks that were outdated more than a
A series of books, stories, that I've made on the internet and spread around somewhat, that I'm trying to gather right here, right now in this current blog location. Some of these stories are genuine trash, but some of the stuff is interesting, sometimes alluring... Maybe...