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Xhatranj. Contemporary shatranj with more advanced pieces including interesting hook movers.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Sat, Aug 5, 2006 02:47 AM UTC:
yes the elephant can move as king and alfil - because the rook hook mover
is so powerful, the normal knight and elephant have had their powers
greatly increased. Looking at this game now, i think it is probably more
interesting played that way (with normal knight and alfil or alfil-fers)