I didn't know that, anything else you can tell me? 
 Happy to help! 
 The Arabic chess manual is the oldest known and dates back to 840-850 written by al-Adli ar-Rumi, renowned chess player 
 Neat. Do you know anything about chess's place in culture? 
 Interesting, anything else you know about its origin?
The Arabic chess manual is the oldest known and dates back to 840-850 written by al-Adli ar-Rumi, renowned chess player