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Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Mar 8, 2003 08:33 AM UTC:
The extra file in the variants seems a sensible idea. In the original game all the back-rank pieces of one side are confined to squares of one colour and those of the other side to the other colour, while pickets are confined to the colours of enemy back-rank pieces. The extra file means that pieces of every kind except the Fers cover squares of both colours, back-rank can capture back-rank, and Picket can capture Picket.