22 educational facts about chess

Simultaneous Games: Some master-level players can play simultaneous games. The record for the most simultaneous games played is 604, set by Grandmaster Susan Polgar in 2005.

Checkmate: The term ‘checkmate’ comes from the Persian phrase ‘shah mat,’ meaning ‘the king is helpless.’

Chessboards: The number of possible unique chessboards is greater than the number of atoms in the universe.