user12176: I have heard numerous times that stated that India was the inventors of the original chess. I have also heard that the origin was in the Middle East. Sometimes I heard that the origin was in Arabia. As I have heard many things I wanted to know the right answer. If there is no right answer, please give the closest guess.

user11946: I agree with the comment that the question is too broad.
However, in the spirit of helpfulness, these pages:
https://www.chess.com/blog/jim_ostler/history-of-chess12
http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Chess.htm
http://www.chessmaniac.com/the-etymology-of-chess/
https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-chess-and-how
http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/wcc/transcribed/origin.htm
may be useful in addition to Wikipedia.

user12190: agree..broad ?..info for fun. There are 13 different claims to the origin of chess. No proof. Earliest documentation--600 A.D. Chaturanga - 4 sided game in what is now India. In this authors opinion chess was originally a 2 player game changed to a 4 player game then back to a 2 sided game. Trivia-the one peice that has not changed apperance or move pattern-knight..last major rule changes....Q & O-O..France 1400s.   Source "A Short History of Chess" by Henry A. Davidson m.d.1949

12176: <p>I have heard numerous times that stated that India was the inventors of the original chess. I have also heard that the origin was in the Middle East. Sometimes I heard that the origin was in Arabia. As I have heard many things I wanted to know the right answer. If there is no right answer, please give the closest guess.</p>
 11946: <p>I agree with the comment that the question is too broad.</p>

<p>However, in the spirit of helpfulness, these pages:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.chess.com/blog/jim_ostler/history-of-chess12" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.chess.com/blog/jim_ostler/history-of-chess12</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Chess.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Chess.htm</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.chessmaniac.com/the-etymology-of-chess/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.chessmaniac.com/the-etymology-of-chess/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-chess-and-how" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-chess-and-how</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/wcc/transcribed/origin.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/wcc/transcribed/origin.htm</a></p>

<p>may be useful in addition to Wikipedia.</p>
 12190: <p>agree..broad ?..info for fun. There are 13 different claims to the origin of chess. No proof. Earliest documentation--600 A.D. Chaturanga - 4 sided game in what is now India. In this authors opinion chess was originally a 2 player game changed to a 4 player game then back to a 2 sided game. Trivia-the one peice that has not changed apperance or move pattern-knight..last major rule changes....Q &amp; O-O..France 1400s.   Source "A Short History of Chess" by Henry A. Davidson m.d.1949</p>
