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Tamerlane chess is a strategic board game related to chess and derived from Chaturanga. It was developed in Persia during the reign of Timur, also called Tamerlane (1336–1405). Some sources attribute the game's invention to Timur, but this is by no means certain. Because Tamerlane Chess is a larger variant of Chaturanga, it is also called ''Shatranj Kamil'' (perfect chess) or ''Shatranj Al-Kabir'' (large chess). It is distinctive in that there are multiple varieties of pawn, each of which promotes in its own way. ==Board== A Tamerlane chess board is made up of 110 uncheckered squares arranged in a 10x11 pattern. Additional squares protrude from the left side on the ninth row and from the right side on the second row. These extra squares are called citadels. When the opposing king occupies a player's citadel, the game is declared a draw. No piece other than a king may occupy a citadel. There are several ways for an opening setup to be arranged. A common one is as follows: * White's side, bottom row, from the left: * * elephant, (space), camel, (space), war machine, (space), war machine, (space), camel, (space), elephant. * Second Row from the left: * * rook, knight, picket, giraffe, general, king, vizir, giraffe, picket, knight, rook. * Third row from the left: * * pawn of pawns, pawn of war engines, pawn of camels, pawn of elephants, pawn of generals, pawn of kings, pawn of vizirs, pawn of giraffes, pawn of pickets, pawn of knights, pawn of rooks. Black's side mirrors white's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tamerlane chess」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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