-p TODO
+p.boxed
+ | 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: the general is still represented as a queen, because I didn't find an
+ appropriate image. Please tell me if you have one :)
+
+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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