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Evidence for Smasandyutakankarikrida
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1974
Type Contemporary rule description
Location 19°51'38.91"N, 75°20'35.95"E
Date 1871-01-01 - 1871-12-31
Rules 5x5 intersecting lines, with diagonals in the four quadrants. Triangles on opposite sides of the board, with the apex intersecting with the midpoint of the side. A line from the apex bisecting the base, and a line bisecting this line and the opposite sides of the triangle. Sixteen pieces per player, which begin on opposite sides off the board. Pieces are captured by hopping over an adjacent opponent's piece to an empty spot immediately on the opposite side of the opponent's piece. The player who reduces their opponent to four pieces wins.
Content Discussion of a passage in the Kridakausalya by Harikrsna: "Furthermore, the KK also gives the rules of a number of war- or battle-games belonging to the group of Alquerque-games, that is games with the leap capture and moves along the marked lines of their boars. One of these war games is called smasanadyutakankarikrida, which translates as "game played with small stones on a cemetery." For some unexplained reason, this game must not be played at home, but only in lonely places like a cemetery or forest. Diagram 9, which I have reproduced from the KK gives an illustration of the board used for this game...On the points of intersection of all lines except ton those on the vertical middle line are the pieces which have the same name as the pawns in Indian chess, foot-soldier. The game proceeds with 32 soldiers, 16 white ones for the first player, 16 red ones for the second one. The vertical middle line from where the game begins is called the fighting place. When one of the players places a piece on the line in the center, it must be protected by another piece of the same colour behind it. If that is not the case, it is captured by the opponent. The player who has four pieces left has won the game." Bock-Raming 1995: 122.
Confidence 100
Spaces Outside
Source Bock-Raming, A. 1995. "The Literary Sources of Indian Chess and Related Board Games." In A. de Voogt (ed.), New Approaches to Board Games Research: Asian Origins and Future Perspectives. Leiden: International Institute for Asian Studies.
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