The first international tournament took place in London in 1851, but the world championship title wasn't used until 1886 when a Czechoslovakian man won the world championship. Chess only came to the Philippines and Madagascar in the 20th century!!

The game of chess was developed into its proper form in the years 560-578,
Hsiang ch’i is the ancient Chinese word for chess, the Chinese added variations to the relatively new game. Century’s later chess made its way to Persia and by this time there were several variations of the game. One of which was chaturanga chess, a four way chess game with two players on a 64 square chess board
Four way chess!!