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Sample game of Timur's Chess from John Gollon's Book "Chess Variants: Ancient, Regional, and Modern". This game was played with initial position "A".
White played by John Gollon, Black played by J. Powell.
Running comments written by Gollon.
C = Camel (Jamal) H = Chancellor (Vizir) B = Bishop (Taliah) G = General (Ferz) E = Elephant (Phil) I = Giraffe (Zarafah) N = Knight (Asp) W = War machine (Dabbaba) P = Pawn (Piyade) R = Rook (Rukh) K = King (Shah) X's P = X's pawn
Gollon Powell
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1. C's P c3 - c4 B's P c8 - c7
2. E's P d3 - d4 N b9 - a7
3. E a1 - c3 B's P c7 - c6
4. C's P c4 - c5 H's P e8 - e7
5. G's P e3 - e4 I's P d8 - d7
6. C c1 - b4 H's P e7 - e6
7. G's P e4 - e5 W's P j8 - j7
8. N's P j3 - j4 C's P i8 - i7
9. B's P i3 - i4 E's P h8 - h7
10. I's P h3 - h4 N j9 - h8
11. C b4 x a7 N's P b8 x a7
12. B i2 - k4 E's P h7 - h6
13. I's P h4 - h5 C's P i7 - i6
14. H's P g3 - g4 C i10 - h7
15. H g2 - g3 W's P j7 - j6
16. N's P j4 - j5 B i9 - k7
17. N's P j5 x i6 C h7 - e8
18. H g3 - h3
A great error -- I should have left the Chancellor
where it was.
...W's P j6 - j5
19. K f2 - g2 W's P j5 x k4
20. N j2 x k4 R k9 - j9
21. C i1 - j4 B k7 - i5
22. N k4 x i5 E's P h6 x i5
23. C j4 - k7 R j9 - j1
24. E k1 - i3 W g10 - i10
25. N's P i6 - i7 N h8 - f7
26. B c2 x k10 W i10 x k10
27. N's P i7 - i8 R j1 - j7
28. N's P i8 x h9 R j7 x k7
29. R k2 - j2 N f7 - h8
30. N's P h9 - h10 = N G g9 x h10
31. R j2 - j10 W k10 - i10 32. W g1 - g3 R k7 x k3 33. W e1 - e3 R k3 - k2 34. W g3 - g5 R k2 x h2 35. K g2 x h2 C e8 - d5 36. G e2 - d3 G h10 - i9 37. R j10 - j3 K's P f8 - f7 38. I d2 - j1 W i10 - k10 39. W g5 x i5 G's P g8 - g7 40. W i5 - i7 G i9 - h10 41. R j3 - j10 R a9 - b9 42. W's P b3 - b4 B c9 - g5 43. W e3 - g3 B g5 x i7 44. R j10 x k10 I's P d7 - d6 45. G's P e5 x d6 G h10 - g9 46. R k10 x k8 C c10 - d7 47. E i3 - g5 B i7 x g5 48. W g3 x g5 K f9 - f8 49. R k8 - k7 G's P g7 - g6 50. N b2 - c4 W e10 - e8 51. G d3 - e4 C d5 - a4
52. N c4 - e5 C d7 - a6
53. N e5 x c6 R b9 - b7
54. N c6 - d8 R b7 - b10
55. B's P i4 - i5 R b10 - j10
56. R a2 - a1 G's P g6 x h5
57. H's P g4 x h5 R j10 - j5
58. H h3 - h4 C a4 - b7
59. B's P i5 - i6 K's P f7 - f6
60. B's P i6 - i7 N h8 - j9
61. R k7 - k8 W e8 - g8
62. W g5 - i5 K's P f6 - f5
63. G e4 x f5 H's P e6 x f5
64. B's P i7 - i8 N j9 - h10
65. B's P i8 - i9 N h10 - f9
66. N d8 x f9 K f8 x f9
67. W i5 - g5 R j5 - j2
68. K h2 - i1 R j2 - j4
69. B's P i9 - i10 = B R j4 x h4
70. R a1 - h1 I d9 - h10
71. W g5 - i5 R h4 x d4
72. R k8 x g8 C a6 - d7
73. R g8 - g7 C d7 - c4
74. R h1 - g1 G g9 - h8
75. R g7 - f7 K f9 - e8
76. R f7 - e7 K e8 - d8
77. R g1 - g8 H e9 - e8
78. R e7 - h7 I h10 - b9
79. R h7 x h8 I b9 x i10
80. R g8 - g10 R d4 - i4
81. W i5 - i3 R i4 x i3
Black should have retreated his Giraffe, but
instead he fell for the trap.
82. K i1 - h2 I i10 x j1
83. K h2 x i3 C c4 x f3
84. R h8 - j8 I j1 - k9
85. R g10 - k10 I k9 - c10
86. R k10 - k8 I c10 - h9
87. K i3 - h3 K d8 - d7
88. W's P b4 - b5 K d7 - d8
89. C's P c5 - c6 C f3 - e6
Black sacrificed the exchange to save his strong
position. I thought it was unwise.
90. C's P c6 x b7 C e6 x b7
91. R j8 - h8 I h9 - d10
92. E c3 - e5 I d10 - c2
93. E e5 - g3 I c2 x d6
94. R h8 - h6 I d6 - e2
95. R h6 - a6 E a10 - c8
96. R a6 x a7 C b7 - e6
97. R a7 x a8 C e6 - f9
98. W's P b5 - b6 H's P f5 - f4
99. R k8 - g8 H's P f4 x g3
100. R g8 x g3 H e8 - e9
101. P of Ps a3 - a4 H e9 - d9
102. W's P b6 - b7 H d9 - c9
103. W's P b7 - b8 H c9 - b9
104. R g3 - d3 K d8 - c7
105. R d3 - b3 C f9 - e6
106. R b3 - e3 I e2 - d10
107. R e3 - c3 K c7 - b7
108. R a8 - a5 H b9 x b8
109. R c3 - b3 K b7 - c7
110. R a5 - c5 K c7 x c8 E c8 x c7
111. R b3 - c3 H b8 - b7
112. P of Ps a4 - a5 K c8 - b8
113. P of Ps a5 - a6 K b8 - a7
114. P of Ps a6 x b7 C e6 x b7
115. R c3 - d3 I d10 - e1
116. R c5 x c7 K a7 - b6
117. R c7 - e7 I e1 - a2
118. R d3 - b3 K b6 - c6
119. R e7 x b7 K c6 - d5
120. R b7 - a7 I a2 - f1
121. R a7 - a1 I f1 - k2
122. R b3 - d3 K d5 - e5
123. R a1 - a2 I k2 - g1
124. R a2 - e2 K e5 - f5
125. R d3 - f3 K f5 - g5
126. R e2 - g2 K g5 x h5
127. R g2 x g1 Black resigns
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Created on: March 02, 1999. Last modified on: January 04, 2001.
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