| Game: Ninth Century Indian Chess |
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Implemented by Christine Bagley-Jones, 2005-07-23
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Checkmate
2-player
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Al-?Adli, writing in the ninth century, remarks, It is universally acknowledged that three things were produced from India, in which no other country anticipated it, and the like of which existed nowhere else: the book Kalila wa Dimna, the nine ciphers with which one can count to infinity, and chess.
He contrasts the game as played in India in his day with the rules known to the Persians and Arabs (Shatranj). The source is H. J. R. Murray's History of Chess, 57.
This game is just like shatranj, the main differences are the placement of the pieces, the elephant, which moves like a dabbaba, and the rule which states that if you are stalemated, you win! |
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