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Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Mason Green wrote on Thu, Feb 17, 2005 09:09 PM UTC:
I just re-read the rules, and a pawn reaching the King's square simply
stays there (it doesn't promote.) I guess I just missed that when I read
the rules the first time. Sorry!

I played Chaturanga with a friend a few days ago, and it's really
slow-moving. It's also very hard to get a checkmate on your opponent
especially if you don't have a Rook. I don't like the elephants the way
they are, but the pawn promotion rule is interesting (I like it better
than the promotion rule in orthodox chess).

But the stalemate rule is weird. To me, stalemate should be a victory for
the player who immobilizes his opponent, not a loss. After all, that's
what a real war probably would be like.