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Chaturanga is a game information page. It is categorized as: Two dimensional, From ancient times.

Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64)

Author: Fergus Duniho.

Notes

By many scientists, Chaturanga is considered to be the first variant of chess. It has in it already many of the elements of the game as we play it now, but is somewhat slower. The game is element of several legends, and was often played for a stake.

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The board used for this game has 8 row(s), 8 column(s), 64 cells/squares.
This game is a 2 player game.

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