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also moves as in chess, but does not have the option of an initial double-step move. Each of the four players' pawns moves and captures in a different direction along the board, as implied by the initial setup. For example, the red pawns which start on the g-file move left across the board, promoting
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Presenting myself as a
Brahmana, Kanka by name, skilled in dice and fond of play, I shall become a courtier of that high-souled king. And moving upon chess-boards beautiful pawns made of ivory, of blue and yellow and red and white hue, by throws of black and red dice, I shall entertain the king with
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believes cubical dice to only be a substitute for oblong dice. Players were allowed to throw the dice in the air and catch them, exercising some control over the outcome. Pieces to be moved are determined by the die values (note that the stick dice had no
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I will become “Kanka,” a brahmin fond of gambling and reveling in dice, and I will be the high-hearted king’s games-playing courtier. I will set down cat’s-eye gem, gold and ivory game pieces on a gemstone gaming board, and cast beautiful black and red
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Whoever moves a King to enter the original square of another King is said to have gained a sinhasana. If a player gains a sinhasana on the allied player's throne (player whose pieces are opposite), they take control of both armies.
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or checkmate; the king can be captured like any other piece. The goal of the game is to collect as many points as possible. Points are scored by capturing opponents' pieces, according to this scale:
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A score of 54 points is awarded to a player who manages to capture all three opponents' kings while their own king remains on the board. This value is a sum of points of all pieces in three armies.
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The game is played with pieces of four different colours as illustrated. Each player has four pieces on the back rank with four pawns in front of them on the second rank. The four pieces are
656:. Originally, this was a game of chance: the pieces to be moved were decided by rolling two dice. A diceless variant of the game was still played in India at the close of the 19th century.
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in chess. Forbes believed that the North and South players (Black and Green) played as allies against the East and West players (Red and Yellow).
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in 1913, however, and modern scholars have sided with Murray. According to Forbes, this game is properly called
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Antique Indian
Chaturanga Chess set arranged for four players as in Chaturaji.
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Chaturaji starting position. Individual armies are distinguished by colour.
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in the late 19th century, and was endorsed in an even stronger version by
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The boat on f6 can move to any of the four marked squares.
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contains a reference to a game, which could be chaturaji:
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2276:', Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press, 1978, p 28.
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2293:, New York University Press and JJC Foundation, 2006.
2436:. Games & Puzzles Publications. pp. 48–49.
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Gollon, John (1968). "§2 Chaturanga (Four-Handed)".
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2456:The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants
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2481:. John Wiley & Sons Inc. pp.
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1400:. The boat corresponds to the chess
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2981:5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel
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2434:The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants
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731:. This theory was rejected by
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2369:. W. H. Allen & Company.
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3149:Chess on a really big board
3030:Chess with different armies
2572:Different starting position
2507:Chaturanga for four players
2477:New Rules for Classic Games
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23:. For the Jain people, see
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3487:Game of the Seven Kingdoms
3477:Game of the Three Kingdoms
2598:Different number of pieces
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3111:Maharajah and the Sepoys
2342:Forbes (1860), pp. 21–22
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3568:The Chess Variant Pages
3086:Capablanca random chess
2695:Three-dimensional chess
2516:The Chess Variant Pages
2384:Oxford University Press
2363:Forbes, Duncan (1860).
2303:Four-Handed Chaturanga
2261:archived 11 March 2007
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2432:(1994). "Chaturaji".
2382:(Reissued ed.).
2272:J.A.B. van Buitenen,
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3605:11th century in Iran
3545:Correspondence chess
2589:Transcendental chess
2579:Fischer random chess
2366:The History of Chess
2351:Murray (1913), p. 70
2333:Forbes (1860), p. 18
2324:Murray (1913), p. 75
2247:Murray (1913), p. 68
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3040:Falcon–hunter chess
2923:an unorthodox board
2921:Unorthodox rules on
2810:Monochromatic chess
2670:Millennium 3D chess
3561:Fairy Chess Review
3286:Three-player chess
3126:Tutti-frutti chess
3008:Standard 8×8 board
2885:Elements of chance
2849:Multimove variants
2790:Knight relay chess
2584:Displacement chess
2416:. pp. 31–40.
2379:A History of Chess
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3555:Fairy chess piece
3529:Zillions of Games
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3261:Four-player chess
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3137:boards and pieces
3045:Grasshopper chess
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2876:Progressive chess
2866:Marseillais chess
2840:Way of the Knight
2835:Three-check chess
2830:Progressive chess
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2465:978-0-9555168-0-1
2307:Jean-Louis Cazaux
2291:4.1.23–24 (p. 29)
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2820:PlunderChess
2815:Patrol chess
2800:Losing chess
2775:Dynamo chess
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3276:Quatrochess
3256:Four Fronts
3208:Multiplayer
3169:Omega Chess
3159:Dragonchess
3144:Chesquerque
3106:Janus Chess
3101:Grand Chess
2997:rules using
2930:Alice chess
2795:Legan chess
2770:Cubic chess
2760:Circe chess
2717:traditional
2655:Cross chess
2310: [
2069:Dice throws
2050:vrihannauka
756:Piece moves
682:Mahabharata
678:Indian epic
3584:Categories
3362:Chaturanga
3345:Historical
3194:Wolf chess
3135:Unorthodox
2995:Unorthodox
2975:Rollerball
2935:Apocalypse
2907:Kriegspiel
2897:Dice chess
2892:Dark chess
2765:Crazyhouse
2715:rules with
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2075:stick dice
760:Boat move
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721:chaturanga
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3519:Fairy-Max
3440:Dai shogi
3435:Chu shogi
3357:Chaturaji
3291:Tri-chess
3184:2000 A.D.
3174:Stratomic
2965:Jeson Mor
2960:Dragonfly
2945:Chessence
2912:Penultima
2755:Chessplus
2728:8×8 board
2675:Minichess
2147:elephant
2131:elephant
2096:Die value
2060:Sinhasana
745:checkmate
741:chaturaji
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696:race game
670:chaturaji
650:Al-Biruni
642:Chaturaji
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3507:Software
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3420:Senterej
3408:variants
3396:Regional
3377:Shatranj
3327:The Duke
3246:Forchess
3216:Bosworth
3060:Cheskers
3020:Berolina
2726:Standard
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3236:Duchess
3015:Baroque
2174:Points
2157:Scoring
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660:History
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3462:Jungle
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3415:Makruk
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3035:Duell
2950:Congo
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