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Greg Myers wrote on Wed, Sep 21, 2016 03:06 PM UTC:

I have seen some conflicting details regarding Tamerlane Chess rules from various authors, regarding the number of times a king can exchange with another piece while under check, for instance, and a few other things. Does anyone have a link to a full English translation of the original persian manuscript describing the rules? I have read parts of it but have not seen a full text translation. 

Thanks. :)


Garth Wallace wrote on Tue, Sep 27, 2016 09:08 PM UTC:

According to Jean-Louis Cazaux's page, there are multiple manuscripts describing it that differ in the particulars, particularly in the initial array, but also sometimes with a different board (size, presence of citadel squares) or adding pieces. It's not clear if the discrepancies are due to errors (and if so, which manuscripts are erroneous, possibly all in different respects) or if the game itself was in flux or played in multiple variations.


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