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In Tamerlane chess piece, named giraffe is presented among military forces, like elephants, cavalry, camelry and war machines (dababahs). Here is giraffe as well, and here it's the strongest piece. But why? Was giraffes historicaly used for military purposes? Or it's merely imitating of giraffe hunt (with opponent controlling your prey)?
Of course, no question about Grande Acedrex, where most of pieces are named after exotic animals.
Of course, no question about Grande Acedrex, where most of pieces are named after exotic animals.
The game can be played here: https://www.jocly.com/#/game/hyderabad-chess
A historic and very playable variant. What's not to love?
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This game uses an unusual initial setup to achieve a better result than The Sultan's Game, an 11x11 chess variant invented by L. Tressan in 1840. I tried replacing the Queen + Knight compound with the somewhat weaker Bishop + Nightrider compound in Unicorn Great Chess in 2001.
Excellent rating for a game this old, of course Christian Freeling's Grand Chess has set a new standard for chess on the 10x10 board.