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Shatranj. The widely played Arabian predecessor of modern chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Joe Joyce wrote on Fri, Jun 5, 2009 06:25 PM UTC:
George, you won't get me to disagree with your first sentence. I'm always happy to see more shatranj variants played. As for the central rook, I'm currently playing a game of ShortRange Courier with its designer, David Paulowich, and it uses no queen, but rather a rook in its place in the center of the board. Aside from the rooks [3/side] there are no longrange pieces in the game.