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Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Jul 18, 2005 02:40 AM UTC:
This decision is based on the fundamental meaning of recognized. It is
impossible to recognize the unrecognizable. And that's what Chaturanga
is. No one has adequate information on Chaturanga to be able to recognize
it.

Furthermore, the best candidate for Chaturanga is Shatranj, and Shatranj
remains recognized. If, as I think is likely, Chaturanga and Shatranj are
the same, then Chaturanga remains recognized, though under the name
Shatranj rather than Chaturanga, and it would be redundant to recognize as
two separate games what are just the same game under different names.