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Maya Chess

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Pieces (but not pawns or kings) move according to their supporting units. Unmoved supporting units do not transfer power. I allowed castling if the rook can move as a rook. There are groups and a newsletter in India.

The inventor is Raja Ravisekhar, India's great chess master and teacher.

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Written by Ed Friedlander

WWW Page Added: Sunday, June 27, 2002 

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Maya Chess. Indian variant in which a defended unit (not king or pawn) moves according to the defender(s).
📝Ed Friedlander wrote on Sun, Dec 24, 2006 12:46 AM EST:
Thank you for letting me know. I have found his in-progress website and made the link.

seetharaman wrote on Thu, Apr 15, 2004 04:32 PM EDT:Good ★★★★
the inventor of this variant is Mr.Ravisekhar, International Master of India who represented India in the Olympiad for several years in the seventies and eighties.

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