Talk:Chaturanga

QUESTION: was it ancestor of Shatranj or was Shatranj an ancestor of Chaturanga??? im confused, the articles say diffrent things :|

Chaturanga was the ancestor of Shatranj. The elephant went from moving one square diagonally or one forward to leaping exactly two sqares on the diagonal. This move lasted until mad queen chess developed in Italy. Also check was introduced with Shatranj. In Chaturanga you would capture the king. Jake 23:32, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

The reference to the knight move for the king seems like something from Shatranj, an early form of the king's leap. I'll have to look it up. Jake 23:32, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

An article on Chaturanga on chessvariants.com gives another rules for elephant movement: "The elephant moves two squares diagonally, but may jump the intervening square." Pritchard's Encyclopedia of Chess variants says the same. Shouldn't we correct this? Andreas Kaufmann 18:17, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)