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  | Bishops and queen are less powerful then in standard chess.

ul
  li Elephants replace the orthodox bishops.
  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: I didn't find nice images for general and elephants.
  Please tell me if you have some :)

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
  | , because otherwise elephants could only evolve on a quarter of the board,
  | and the vizirs would be colorbound as well as the promoted pawns.

p.
  So, while trying to keep the feeling of this old game,
  here is what I came up with:
ul
  li.
    Elephants can move by one or two squares diagonally.
    Only the 2-squares moves (maybe jumping over a piece) can capture.
  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.
p All other pieces move like in orthodoxe chess.

figure.diagram-container
  .diagram
    | fen:2bkn3/7R/2qPP3/8/8/3n4/1r3r2/3K4:
  figcaption White can mate in two moves: see problems section.
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8055eabd BA	1	p.boxed
	2	\| Bishops and queen are less powerful then in standard chess.
	3
	4	ul
	5	li Elephants replace the orthodox bishops.
	6	li General or vizir replace the orthodox queen.
	7	li The only special pawn move is the promotion, always to a vizir.
	8	li There is no castling option.
	9	li Stalemate or bare king counts as a win, but two bare kings count as a draw.
	10	p.
cc00b83c BA	11	Note: I didn't find nice images for general and elephants.
cc00b83c BA	12	Please tell me if you have some :)
8055eabd BA	13
	14	p
	15	\| I implemented a slightly different version of Shatranj
	16	\| as described for example
	17	a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/shatranj.html") on chessvariants.com
	18	\| , because otherwise elephants could only evolve on a quarter of the board,
	19	\| and the vizirs would be colorbound as well as the promoted pawns.
	20
	21	p.
	22	So, while trying to keep the feeling of this old game,
	23	here is what I came up with:
	24	ul
	25	li.
	26	Elephants can move by one or two squares diagonally.
	27	Only the 2-squares moves (maybe jumping over a piece) can capture.
	28	li.
	29	Generals can move (without capturing) to any adjacent square
	30	horizontally or vertically.
	31	They capture on any diagonally adjacent square, so that a general corresponds
	32	to a natural pawn promotion.
	33	p All other pieces move like in orthodoxe chess.
	34
	35	figure.diagram-container
	36	.diagram
	37	\| fen:2bkn3/7R/2qPP3/8/8/3n4/1r3r2/3K4:
	38	figcaption White can mate in two moves: see problems section.