Board games
échecs de Tamerlan
L. P. Septímio, 1370
échecs de Tamerlan is a board game published by L. P. Septímio in 1370. It is played with 2 players, from age 8 and in about 60 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 60
- years
- 8+
This game’s rules aren’t on Marquoir yet: keep the ones from the box. Marquoir keeps score, times your games and records them.
The box
- Publisher
- L. P. Septímio
- Designer
- Timur
- Year of release
- 1370
- Also known as
- Shatranj Al-Kabir · Shatranj Kamil (perfect chess) · Tamerlane chess
About the game
Great chess or Large chess (Arabic: shatranj al-kabir) is a family of large board historical chess variants which were played in the Middle East and Central Asia. Great chess includes variants played on larger chessboards like Tamerlane chess and Turkish Great chess. These games were called "great chess" because they were played on larger boards (11×10, 13×13 etc), while shatranj as-saghir ("small chess" i.e. standard shatranj) was played on the smaller 8×8 board.
Like modern chess, these games are derived from medieval shatranj. One variant of great chess, also called Tamerlane chess, was developed in Central Asia during the reign of Emperor Timur, and its invention is also attributed to him. Although the game is similar to modern chess, it is distinctive in that there are varieties of pawn, each of which promotes in its own way.More from L. P. Septímio
Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.