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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. | |
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9 | li. |
10 | Stalemate or bare king counts as a win, but two bare kings count as a draw. | |
8055eabd | 11 | p. |
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12 | Note: I didn't find nice images for general and elephants. |
13 | Please tell me if you have some :) | |
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14 | |
15 | p | |
16 | | I implemented a slightly different version of Shatranj | |
17 | | as described for example | |
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18 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/shatranj.html") |
19 | | on chessvariants.com | |
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20 | | , because otherwise elephants could only evolve on a quarter of the board, |
21 | | and the vizirs would be colorbound as well as the promoted pawns. | |
22 | ||
23 | p. | |
24 | So, while trying to keep the feeling of this old game, | |
25 | here is what I came up with: | |
26 | ul | |
27 | li. | |
28 | Elephants can move by one or two squares diagonally. | |
29 | Only the 2-squares moves (maybe jumping over a piece) can capture. | |
30 | li. | |
31 | Generals can move (without capturing) to any adjacent square | |
32 | horizontally or vertically. | |
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33 | They capture on any diagonally adjacent square, so that a general |
34 | corresponds to a natural pawn promotion. | |
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35 | p All other pieces move like in orthodoxe chess. |
36 | ||
37 | figure.diagram-container | |
38 | .diagram | |
39 | | fen:2bkn3/7R/2qPP3/8/8/3n4/1r3r2/3K4: | |
40 | figcaption White can mate in two moves: see problems section. |