How to play shatranj, the ancient form of chess, played by Persians, Arabs and Europeans, before the advent of modern international chess.
How to Play Ancient Chess – Shatranj
How to play shatranj, the ancient form of chess, played by Persians, Arabs and Europeans, before the advent of modern international chess.
In Afghanistan and Iran chess is still calling as Shatraj…
And there are elephants and a counselor, but with modern laws of course.
This particular chess set is in my personal collection, and I don't have boards exactly like this. But I do have similar sets, designed after the set in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See my listings https://www.ebay.com/str/worldchessandfinearts
Hi, where I can buy a Chess Set like yours?
i’m looking for arab, indian and persian chess sets. i’m learning persian shatranj rules, but i like international chess rules with abstract pieces
I must know if en pessant exists in this
hi. I realize your video is a decade old but, I see you were active a little under a year ago, on this video. I am curious. I read that Sultan Khan had learned Indian chess before he had ever learned our version of chess and, had become the best player in his region, in his youth. Is Shatranj the form of chess this "Indian chess" is refering to, or is there another form of chess known as Indian chess? Do you happen to know?
I was very curious about this, Thanks even if its 10 years old
in syria we still call chess shtranj
The elephant is like a really weird knight bishop cross.
I'm an Arab, I don't know if this gonna help or not but we call chess "شطرنج" which is pronounced extremely similar to Shatranj with the exception of the letter T, we pronounce it as ط a letter in Arabic that to my knowledge doesn't have an equivalent in English.
The names of the chess pieces are different as well but they all move the same way, and I will list them right now:
1- King is King, no difference here.
2- Queen is Minister – الوزير
3- Bishop – Elephant – الفيل
4- Rook – Castle – القلعة
5- Knight – Horse – الحصان
6- Pawn – Soldier – الجندي
What's interesting is we share the names with the ancient chess but with the same rules as modern chess. Nearly all of the names are different from what they are in English.
Great video.
the dude's hair and clothing looks ancient
i do not think it makes sense for Elephant to be so weak.. as you said. Elephant should be strong.. i think it ruins the game with the rules you presented….
Shataranj is the name of current chess in Arabic
can you bongcloud in this?
One thing I can't understand is that why you explained playing chess of India in English instead of Hindi
Biging in chess is india its call chathurang
Thank you very much i was searching for the rules of ancient chess
Also shatranj in arabic meaning chess ( شطرنج )
Y do v need queen in this variation
The way my mother taught me
Nobody talked about where did it came from ?!
At the end India comes and we found that every thing is originated from India.
Vow.
How to set up your shatranj pieces correctly? king is at left hand? or right hand o.O
You mentioned that instead of a "chariot", some regions used a "boat". I know the Indian game Chaturaji uses a boat. Do you know what the boat playing piece traditionally looked like?
There is no reason for a woman to be on a battlefield now. If she gets hurt every man in her platoon will get himself killed trying to save her.
In Arabic we actually call normal chess shatranj
Sorry but this is not the real shatranj
I thought the elephant couldnt jump.
where did you brought the set of shatranj
I usually don't know that kings rides on elephants I'm yihao
In hindi we call the Bishop as mantri
Some expert players still exist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZqzuLZd50
And the it is said colonialism brought patriarchy
Where did you get this set?
We use names of this pieces for normal(international) chess in Turkey. And call the game "Satranç".
Looks like customized chocolate pieces..hehe..nice video mate
Advisor : Moves 5 spaces diagonally
dja know where to buy that or other kind of indian peacea?
*correction its origin is from India. From India it went to persia and then to europe
Now they have put cross on king's head
Vatican playing hard
In Turkish we say satranj
It's still challed "Shatranj" in arabic and we still use the names as "elephant" for the bishop and "minister" for the queen
Yes, shatranj(now known as chess)was invented in india in 8th century, it was not a game but a mode to make strategies in real life wars so it was different then it passed to arabs then medieval and ways of moving and strategies keep changing as per advancements in weapons
It might look like Chess, but the units are closer to Xiangqi.
I actually know a variation of this chess called senterej or ethiopian chess
It's main difference is that when the game starts there's a phase called mobilisation in which the players can move a peice or pawn wherever they liked without waiting turns (respecting the movement rules of the pieces of course ). The mobilisation phase ends when a peice is captured.
The other difference is when a player only has a king left on the board it's a draw. And if a player has a king and one other peice the checkmate must be delivered before that one peice makes 7 moves or else it's a draw.
There are also 2 types of checkmates called "honorable " and "dishonourable ". An honourable checkmate is a checkmate made by a counselor or an elephant. A dishonorable checkmate is when u checkmate with a rook or a knight.
What the fuck do you mean by "some of the uncivilized world" ?
sets name ?
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After knight and elephant development, king moves one step forward, chariot is to moved out manually, then king plays the knight move to castle.
Is it know what the thought process was behind how each piece moved when the first version of chess was invented?