Tamerlanes Chess

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Variant of Chess

A particularly complex 14th century variant.

Variants

Reconstructions and Other Discussions

Full Tamerlane Chess at The History of Chess (Reconstruction) -- Yet a further variant of Tamerlane's, with even more pieces. This is the most brain-breakingly baroque version of Chess I have yet encountered. One of these days, I may try making a set, just to try this mess out. (more)
Description at Chess Variants (Reconstruction) -- (more)
Image of a 14th century page of Arabic text, showing a picture of what certainly *looks* like a Tamurlane's Chess board (Primary Source Material) -- (more)
Description at The History of Chess (Reconstruction, History, Facsimile) -- Goes into more detail about this game than most sites. (more)

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