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Elephant Chess. Featuring the time-honoured Burmese Elephant.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝M Winther wrote on Sat, Apr 28, 2007 05:07 AM UTC:
The Burmese Elephant (Silver General) is a slow piece. Therefore it is placed in front so that it can partake in developing an initiative, otherwise it will lag behind. There is another way of solving this problem. In Makruk (Thai Chess) the 'Met' can make two moves when it is first moved. /Mats