Origin and Etymology of aneroid. French anÃ©roÃ¯de, from Greek a- + Late Greek nÄron water, from Greek, neuter of nearos, nÄros fresh; akin to Greek neos new â more at new. First Known Use: circa 1842.
Olympic Recognition. Chess has been recognized as a sport by the International Olympic Committee since 2000. It was an event at the Asian Games in 2006 in Doha and again in Guangzhou in 2010. It is also being considered for inclusion in the Pan-American Games.
Chess is the oldest surviving game, it was played by the Egyptians. The first board game to be manufactured in the USA was The Mansion of Happiness issued in 1843. The earliest known interactive electronic game was by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann on a cathode ray tube. Issued on December 14, 1948.