... grven by some authorities to Palamedes Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about 1080 B.C. The word obess is derived from the Persian shah, king’: nnd checkmate, or shahmat, means “Jang confonnded or But not but in Banscnt and other ouly in Persian Amatio languages ...

... invention being given some authorities Pa-lamedes, Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about D b.C- The word is derived from the Persian Shah, King Checkmate, or Shahmat, meaning King Confounded o-r overcome. England the game was played before the Norman Conquest ...