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Evidence for Qatranj
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2139
Type Contemporary rule description
Location 30°20'22.60"N, 76°22'51.92"E
Date 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
Rules 10x10 board.22 pieces per player. Pieces begin on the board in the following arrangement, and with the following movements: Outer row, from left corner: Rukh: moves orthogonally any distance; Ghora: moves orthogonally one space and then diagonally another space, jumping over the first space; Fil: moves diagonally any distance; Wazir: moves diagonally or orthogonally any distance; Shahzada: can move like the Wazir and like the Ghora; Padshah: moves one space in any direction; Kotwal: moves like the Shahzada; Fil, Ghora, Rukh. In the next row, the central two squares are occupied by the Urdabegini: move one space in the direction of the opponent's Padshah; the other spaces are occupied by Paidal: moves one square forward orthogonally or one diagonally to capture. The central two squares of the third row contain two more Ghora. Players alternate turns moving a piece to a space on the board. If one of the opponent's pieces is on the space to which a player moves their piece, the opponent's piece is captured. If the Padshah can be captured on the opponent's next turn, it is in check. The Padshah cannot remain in check at the end of the player's turn. If this is not possible, it is checkmate and the opponent wins.
Content Desciption of Qatranj from Murray: "Three other games are supplied by Lala Raja Babu’s Moallim ul shatranj , 19
III. (13) Atranj or Qatranj , a variety of Decimal chess with 22 pieces
a side. Two diagrams are given of this game, one on p. 189 and a corrected
one on p. 340. The only difference consists in the names of the pieces. The
game closely resembles No. 11 above. The arrangement of the board is Shah, fl
(e10): Rukh, a1, j1 ; Ghora (Kt), b1, i1, e3, f3 ; F1 l, c1, h, with move of our
Bishop ; Bukhshi , paymaster, dl (g10), with move of modern Bishop + Knight ;
Wazir , el (f10), with move of our Queen ; Shahzada , prince, gl, with move of
our Queen + Knight ; Qalmaqini , armed female attendant, e2, f2, with
move ‘ one square towards the opponent’s King ’ ; Paidal (P), a2, b2, c2,
d2, g2, h2, i2, j2. The corrected diagram puts the Wazlr on d1 (g10) ;
Shahzada on el (f10) ; Padshah (K) on fl (e10) ; Kotwal , chief of police, on
gl , with the Bukhshis move ; and replaces the Qalmaqini by Urdabegini ,
armed female attendants." Murray 1913: 347; Sahib 1901: 320.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Nobility
Genders Male
Source Murray, H. J. R. 1913. A History of Chess. London: Oxford University Press.
, Sahib, L.R.B. 1901. Mo'allim-ul-Shatranj or Chess Monitor. Delhi: Imperial Book Depot Press.
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