Pablo Sarabia - A Power Player of Spain.

Switzerland vs. Spain - Power Vs Power (Head to Head)

• Spain, three-time European Championship winners will no doubt be the favorites to progress to the contest’s semis.
• Fourth time Switzerland and Spain have gone head-to-head at a major football tournament.
• Switzerland and Spain have faced each other in three World Cups in 1966, 1994 and 2010.

SWITZERLAND	MATCHES	WIN	DRAW	LOSE
Overall	4	2	1	1
Home	1	1	0	0
Away	3	1	1	1
SPAIN	MATCHES	WIN	DRAW	LOSE
Overall	4	2	2	0
Home	2	0	2	0
Away	2	2	0	0

History of Chess - A game developed from subcontinent.

The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1500 years, although the earliest origins are uncertain. The earliest predecessor of the game probably originated in India, by the 7th century AD. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century.

"Romantic chess" was the predominant chess playing style from the late 18th century to the 1880s. Chess games of this period emphasised more on quick, tactical maneuvers rather than long-term strategic planning. The Romantic era of play was followed by the Scientific, Hypermodern, and New Dynamism eras. In the second half of the 19th century, modern chess tournament play began, and the first official World Chess Championship was held in 1886. The 20th century saw great leaps forward in chess theory and the establishment of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). In 1997, a computer first beat a chess world champion in the famous Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov match, ushering in an era of computer domination. Since then, computer analysis – which originated in the 1970s with the first programmed chess games on the market – has contributed to much of the development in chess theory and has become an important part of preparation in professional human chess.