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Burmese Traditional Chess. An article that discusses chess as it was played in Burma. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
M Winther wrote on Wed, May 3, 2006 06:05 AM UTC:
Jean-Louis,
I don't quite understand what you mean. The author actually gives the references:

Edward Falkener, Games Ancient and Oriental and How to Play Them, New York 1962.
John Gollon, Chess Variations, Vermont 1974.
Maung Maung Aye, Myanmar Traditional Chess, Yangon Oct. 1989 (in Myanmar language)

Another book on the subject is
Murray, HJR (1913). A History of Chess. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press.

Burmese Chess is very attractive. I would like to know more about the drop rule (which I implemented in my zrf) and how common that was. It seems like Burmese Chess was, in some quarters, played with standard setups. --Mats