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Tamerlane chess. A well-known historic large variant of Shatranj. (11x10, Cells: 112) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Anton Grimes wrote on Sun, Jun 7, 2015 03:01 AM UTC:
you can (FINALLY) find a set here: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/chessexotic

it's a 3d printing place, and sort of pricey, but the pieces look awesome.

H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Dec 1, 2016 11:00 PM UTC:
files=13 ranks=10 promoZone=1 maxPromote=12 promoOffset=11 promoChoice=+ graphicsDir=http://www.chessvariants.com/graphics.dir/small/ whitePrefix=W blackPrefix=B graphicsType=gif squareSize=35 darkShade=#FFFFFF symmetry=rotate Pawn (P)::fmWfcF:Pawn:b3 Pawn (V)::fmWfcF:Pawn:h3 Pawn (G)::fmWfcF:Pawn:f3 Pawn (E)::fmWfcF:Pawn:e3 Pawn (W)::fmWfcF:Pawn:c3 Pawn (G)::fmWfcF:Pawn:i3 Pawn (C)::fmWfcF:Pawn:d3 Pawn (N)::fmWfcF:Pawn:k3 Pawn (B)::fmWfcF:Pawn:j3 Pawn (R)::fmWfcF:Pawn:l3 Pawn (K)::fmWfcF:Pawn:g3 Pawn ()::fmWfcF:Pawn: hole::::a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,m1,m3,m4,m5 Vizir::W::h2 General::F::f2 Elephant::A::b1,l1 War engine:D:D:Cannon:f1,h1 Giraffe::afsafyafF::e2,i2 Camel::::d1,j1 Knight:N:::c2,k2 Picket:B:yafF:Assassin:d2,j2 Rook::::b2,l2 Prince:F:K:: Adventitious King:A:K:MidBrother: King::K::g2

Tamerlane Chess

This historic variant is one of the strangest that ever acquired large popularity: many strange pieces, a 'citadel' square as board appendix to provide an alternative winning condition, strange to very strange promotion rules. Perhaps a bit too much to capture that exactly in an Interactive Diagram, but what can be done is already useful enough to make it worth the effort.


Greg Myers wrote on Sat, Jun 10, 2017 05:40 AM UTC:

Thank you H.G. Muller for the interactive set up. It is hard to find anything interactive online regarding Tamerlane Chess. 


Daphne Snowmoon wrote on Thu, Aug 20, 2020 09:51 AM UTC:

https://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/timur/variants.html

in this page, at the variant 4, Girrafe can move 1 diagonally and 1 or more straight. but i dont know if Girrafe can move only 1 square diagonally or not. can Giraffe only go 1 square diagonally?


H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Aug 20, 2020 10:26 AM UTC in reply to Daphne Snowmoon from 09:51 AM:

Can Giraffe only go 1 square diagonally?

Who cares? Someone mentions some ideas in an e-mail, of the type "it only takes 10 seconds to invent a new chess variant". It doesn't seem like anyone seriously followed these ideas, by making a preset for it, or even a serious page with a rule description and a diagram. It doesn't seem like anyone ever played it.

So if you want the Giraffe to move as F, and the original idea did not, you now have invented a new chess variant that is just as important as the one described in the link, and you could decide to play that.


Greg Strong wrote on Thu, Aug 20, 2020 03:48 PM UTC:

I doubt that deserves to have its own page. It seems like moving it into a comment on this page would be adequate.


chessy wrote on Mon, Jul 11, 2022 06:49 AM UTC in reply to Greg Strong from Thu Aug 20 2020 03:48 PM:

i think it does, and considering its been up for 20 years i think its doing good work.


Benjamin Ross wrote on Mon, Dec 5, 2022 10:10 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

Are there no promotions in this version? Where is the prince and adventitious king?


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