Shatranj
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Shatranj,
the Arabic and Persian precurser of Western Chess and one successor of the ancient Indian strategy game Chaturanga. Chaturanga developed in the Gupta Empire during the 6th century CE and was adopted as Shatranj in Sasanian Empire in the 7th century. In computer chess, due to extensions of the Chess Engine Communication Protocol, XBoard and WinBoard support Shatranj with Elephants and General instead of Bishop and Queen [2].
Pieces
Rules
- No castling
- No double pawn push, promotion to Fers only
- Stalemate counts as a win
- Two bare Kings count as a draw
- One Bare King counts as a win, provided the other King cannot be bared on the very next move
- The initial setup (array) is similar to Orthodox Chess, with Elephants replacing Bishops and Generals replacing Queens, but Shāh on the d-file.
Engines
See also
Forum Posts
- Any WB Shatranj engines out there? by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, July 31, 2008
- Shartranj! by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, August 14, 2008
- Shatranj perfts by Paul Byrne, CCC, February 24, 2012 » Perft
- Chess variant tournament: Shatranj by Ola Mikael Hansson, CCC, February 24, 2013