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Evidence for Shatranj (14x14)
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2152
Type Contemporary rule description
Location 30°20'22.60"N, 76°22'51.92"E
Date 1901-01-01 - 1901-12-31
Rules 14x14 board. 28 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; Dahja: moves orthogonally any distance; Ratha: moves orthogonally any distance; Fil: moves diagonally any distance; Shahzada: moves diagonally or orthogonally any distance; Wazir: moves diagonally or orthogonally any distance; Raja: moves one space in any direction; Rani: moves one square in any direction; Fil, Ratha, Dahja, Ghora, Rukh. In the second row are fourteen Paidal: moves one square forward orthogonally or one diagonally to capture. 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 Raja can be captured on the opponent's next turn, it is in check. The Raja 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 Drawing of board and description of Shatranj on a 14x14 board from Mo'allim ul-Shatranj. Starting position given in the book; Murray's translation of movement and rules. Sahib 1901: 321; Murray 1913: 347.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
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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