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i think it does, and considering its been up for 20 years i think its doing good work.
I doubt that deserves to have its own page. It seems like moving it into a comment on this page would be adequate.
Can Giraffe only go 1 square diagonally?
Who cares? Someone mentions some ideas in an e-mail, of the type "it only takes 10 seconds to invent a new chess variant". It doesn't seem like anyone seriously followed these ideas, by making a preset for it, or even a serious page with a rule description and a diagram. It doesn't seem like anyone ever played it.
So if you want the Giraffe to move as F, and the original idea did not, you now have invented a new chess variant that is just as important as the one described in the link, and you could decide to play that.
https://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/timur/variants.html
in this page, at the variant 4, Girrafe can move 1 diagonally and 1 or more straight. but i dont know if Girrafe can move only 1 square diagonally or not. can Giraffe only go 1 square diagonally?
Thank you H.G. Muller for the interactive set up. It is hard to find anything interactive online regarding Tamerlane Chess.
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Pawn (P)::fmWfcF:Pawn:b3
Pawn (V)::fmWfcF:Pawn:h3
Pawn (G)::fmWfcF:Pawn:f3
Pawn (E)::fmWfcF:Pawn:e3
Pawn (W)::fmWfcF:Pawn:c3
Pawn (G)::fmWfcF:Pawn:i3
Pawn (C)::fmWfcF:Pawn:d3
Pawn (N)::fmWfcF:Pawn:k3
Pawn (B)::fmWfcF:Pawn:j3
Pawn (R)::fmWfcF:Pawn:l3
Pawn (K)::fmWfcF:Pawn:g3
Pawn ()::fmWfcF:Pawn:
hole::::a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,m1,m3,m4,m5
Vizir::W::h2
General::F::f2
Elephant::A::b1,l1
War engine:D:D:Cannon:f1,h1
Giraffe::afsafyafF::e2,i2
Camel::::d1,j1
Knight:N:::c2,k2
Picket:B:yafF:Assassin:d2,j2
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Tamerlane ChessThis historic variant is one of the strangest that ever acquired large popularity: many strange pieces, a 'citadel' square as board appendix to provide an alternative winning condition, strange to very strange promotion rules. Perhaps a bit too much to capture that exactly in an Interactive Diagram, but what can be done is already useful enough to make it worth the effort. |
you can (FINALLY) find a set here: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/chessexotic it's a 3d printing place, and sort of pricey, but the pieces look awesome.
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Are there no promotions in this version? Where is the prince and adventitious king?