li General or vizir replace the orthodox queen.
li The only special pawn move is the promotion, always to a vizir.
li There is no castling option.
- li Stalemate or bare king counts as a win, but two bare kings count as a draw.
-p.
- Note: the general is still represented as a queen, because I didn't find an
- appropriate image. Please tell me if you have one :)
+ li.
+ Stalemate or bare king counts as a win, but two bare kings count as a draw.
p
| I implemented a slightly different version of Shatranj
| as described for example
- a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/shatranj.html") on chessvariants.com
+ a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/shatranj.html")
+ | on chessvariants.com
| , because otherwise elephants could only evolve on a quarter of the board,
| and the vizirs would be colorbound as well as the promoted pawns.
li.
Generals can move (without capturing) to any adjacent square
horizontally or vertically.
- They capture on any diagonally adjacent square, so that a general corresponds
- to a natural pawn promotion.
+ They capture on any diagonally adjacent square, so that a general
+ corresponds to a natural pawn promotion.
p All other pieces move like in orthodoxe chess.
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