Knights Game - a variation on the world favorite

Today’s game is titled “Knights Game.” The game is played on a standard chess table and you move your piece (the *) like you would a knight in chess. Clear all of the squares to win the game.

Although there is not much to say about Knights Game, the game that inspired it is one of the most popular board games in the world…

The origins of Chess remain a mystery with many different theories about its origin.
The most common belief is that chess developed in India around the 6th century, since the Arabic, Persian, Greek, Portuguese, and Spanish words for chess all derive from the Sanskit game “chaturanga.” Additionally, India is the only country which had all three animals (horse, camel, and elephant) in its cavalry which represent knight, bishop, and rook in chess. The modern version of chess played today ultimately derives from a version of chaturanga.

Another theory that exists is that chess arose from the similar game of “Xiangqi,” (Chinese chess) or at least an ancestor thereof, which existed in China since the 2nd century BC.
As the games popularity increased it spread westward to Europe and eastward to Japan with new variations as it spread. When the game entered the Islamic world, the names of the pieces closely retained their Persian forms but its name became “shatrani,” which continued in Spanish as “ajedrez,” and in Greek as “zatrikion,” but in Europe it was replaced by versions of the Persian word shāh (meaning king).

Chess eventually reached Russia from Mongolia, where it was played at the beginning of the 7th century. It was introduced into the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors in the 10th century, and described in a famous 13th century manuscript covering chess, backgammon, and dice titled “Libro de los Juegos.”