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that is determined by each player throwing two or so dice. Supposedly, the multiple dice were used to expand the rolling player's possible choices. The values on each die correspond to which types of pieces to be moved; the player with the Maharajah is forced to move it like a piece as indicated by
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Bock-Raming, Andreas (January 1996). "MĀNASOLLĀSA 5,560–623: Ein Bisher Unbeachtet Gebliebener Text zum Indischen Schachspiel, Übersetzt, Kommentiert und Interpretiert" [MĀNASOLLĀSA 5.560–623: A Text on Indian Chess Gone Unnoticed Thus Far, Translated, Commented and Interpreted].
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Games Ancient and Oriental, and how to Play Them: Being the Games of the Greek, the Ludus Latrunculorum of the Romans and the Oriental Games of Chess, Draughts, Backgammon and Magic Squares
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The maharajah can pose a serious threat and even win against a weak opponent. Its strategy is to clean as many black pieces as possible in the early game using
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in 24 moves goes like the following (White's moves are unimportant, as, in this variation, White cannot legally capture any piece or be
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The asymmetry of the game pits movement flexibility and agility against greater force in numbers. By
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Descriptions of this chess variant can be traced as far back as the 12th century in the
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with different armies for White and Black. It was first played in the 19th century in
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A World of Chess: Its Development and Variations through Centuries and Civilizations
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Starting position. The white figure is a maharajah; it can move as queen or knight.
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The chaturanga variant was revived by the 1871 Indian encyclopedia of games
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the maharajah, while White's is to checkmate Black's king. There is no
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algebraic notation
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