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Chaturanga (Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग, IAST: caturaṅga, pronounced [tɕɐtuˈɾɐŋɡɐ]) is an ancient Indian strategy board game. It is first known from India around the seventh century AD. It is first known from India around the seventh century AD.
On reaching the opposite end of the board, a pawn is promoted to a piece of the type that began on that square. If it is promoted on the king's initial position, it is promoted a queen. If there is one piece remaining other than the kings, it may not be captured. Alternatively, it may be captured unless it is a pawn. [clarification needed]
Pawn: Hū – Хүү – boy (the piece often showed a puppy) Names recorded from the 1880s by Russian sources, quoted in Murray, [ 47 ] [ 48 ] among the Soyot people (who at the time spoke the Soyot Turkic language ) include: merzé (dog), täbä (camel), ot (horse), ōl (child) and Mongolian names for the other pieces.
The ferz is a very old piece, appearing in chaturanga and shatranj, the ancestors of all chess variants; it also featured in games such as Tamerlane chess. The ferz was a standard chess piece until the modern moves of queen and bishop were developed around the 15th century, with the ferz being replaced by the former.
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In chaturanga, a pawn is promoted upon reaching the last rank of the board. Historians dispute what the pawn can be promoted to. Some sources state that a pawn can be promoted only to a mantri , an early form of the queen only able to move one square diagonally, with the idea being that a foot soldier that advanced all the way through the enemy ...
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