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Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Nigel Shaughnessy wrote on Sun, Sep 1, 2002 07:16 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

I can nowhere find in your site the chess game called 'Indian Style Chess'
which is played by many orthodox families especially in Delhi (India). 
The features different from the international style are: (1) Instead of
castling, king moves 'horsefully' once in the game before check (once
check given, loses privilege); (2) Kings & Queens not aligned (each king
faces opp queen); (3) Pawn moving once forward only;  (4) Promotion only
on rank piece (rook, bishop, knight, queen) [not clear about exact rule re
this]; (5) King cannot be left alone on board: must have at least a piece
or two pawns i.e. if Black has only king & queen, then White cannot kill
the queen.  Please tell me where I can find the rules of Indian Style
Chess?  Please email me at [email protected] or
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