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Modern Shatranj. A bridge between modern chess and the historic game of Shatranj. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
David Paulowich wrote on Thu, Dec 1, 2005 11:59 PM UTC:
Jean-Louis Cazaux uses elephants in his 10x10 variant SHAKO, which also has Chinese cannons. I believe that this elephant piece first appeared in Courier-Spiel, a 19th century variant of Courier Chess.