English short assize - Revision history

User 144: categorising

2006-05-21T05:14:29Z

categorising

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	*Stalemating the opposing king resulted in a loss for the player delivering stalemate.		*Stalemating the opposing king resulted in a loss for the player delivering stalemate.
	*Capturing all one's opponent's pieces apart from the king (''baring the king'') was a win, unless your opponent could capture your last piece on their next move, when it is a draw.		*Capturing all one's opponent's pieces apart from the king (''baring the king'') was a win, unless your opponent could capture your last piece on their next move, when it is a draw.
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69.19.14.29: Rules

2006-01-25T04:39:21Z

Rules

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	This form was often played with the pieces already set up after a completed opening sequence of moves.		This form was often played with the pieces already set up after a completed opening sequence of moves.

			For simplicity only the differences with modern chess will be listed.

			*[[Wikipedia:Bishop (shatranj)\|Bishops]] move exactly two squares diagonally, jumping over the intervening square. Note that the four bishops each could reach only one fourth of the squares on the board, and because their circuits were disjoint, could never capture one another.
			*The [[Wikipedia:Queen (shatranj)\|queen]] moved exactly one square diagonally. This made it a rather weak piece.
			* As in modern chess, [[Wikipedia:Pawn (chess)\|pawns]] but without the double opening move.
			*Pawns which reached the eighth rank were promoted, but only to a queen.
			*Castling had not developed.
			*Stalemating the opposing king resulted in a loss for the player delivering stalemate.
			*Capturing all one's opponent's pieces apart from the king (''baring the king'') was a win, unless your opponent could capture your last piece on their next move, when it is a draw.

Morgant: wiki

2003-10-31T05:53:05Z

wiki

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	Then '''English Short Assize''' and '''French Short Assize''' were		Then '''English Short Assize''' and '''French Short Assize''' were
	essentially the game of [Shatranj] (Muslim chess) played on a checked board. The existence of a substantial set of problems for this set of rules was, ~~per haps~~, instrumental in their stability.		essentially the [[game]] of [[Shatranj]] (Muslim chess) played on a checked board. The existence of a substantial set of problems for this set of rules was, perhaps, instrumental in their stability.

	This form was often played with the pieces already set up after a completed opening sequence of moves.		This form was often played with the pieces already set up after a completed opening sequence of moves.

JakeVortex: A start on one popular assize

2003-10-30T17:37:47Z

A start on one popular assize

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Then '''English Short Assize''' and '''French Short Assize''' were
essentially the game of [Shatranj] (Muslim chess) played on a checked board. The existence of a substantial set of problems for this set of rules was, per haps, instrumental in their stability.

This form was often played with the pieces already set up after a completed opening sequence of moves.