Check out Smess, our featured variant for February, 2025.


[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ]
[ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ]
[ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]

Single Comment

Chaturanga for four players.. Oldest multiplayer chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sat, Apr 12, 2003 07:23 AM UTC:
Surely the qualification 'or Elephant' should apply to the Boat rather than the Rook. This would be consistent with the fourfold army described in the two-player version. The Rook as elephant is a modern misconception derived from public houses called 'Elephant and Castle', a corruption of Infanta de Castile, a Spanish princess. Fittingly the royal lady of modern chess (Queen) reflects reality by combining the latter-day Elephant (Bishop) with the Castle (Rook)!