Grant Acedrex starting position. From left to right, back rank pieces are: rook, lion, unicornio, giraffe, crocodile, aanca, king, crocodile, giraffe, unicornio, lion, rook.
Grant Acedrex is a medieval chess variant dating back to the time of King Alfonso X of Castile. It appears in the Libro de los Juegos of 1283.
GrantAcedrex is a medieval chess variant dating back to the time of King Alfonso X of Castile. It appears in the Libro de los Juegos of 1283. The following...
general (4,0)-Rook direction e.g. b1-c3-b5-c7... A Aanca 1X.n+ t[FR] GrantAcedrex (Alfonso X, 1283) A word borrowed in medieval Spanish from Persian/Arabic...
constellation of the Zodiac. Another variant described in the book is the "GrantAcedrex", played over a 12x12 board with alternative pieces as the giraffe and...
orthogonally away from where it started (i.e. the move of the aanca from GrantAcedrex). It captures by displacement and is immune to the Immobiliser. The...
century. Probably was one step in evolving modern chess out of shatranj. GrantAcedrex: Medieval Spanish variant from 13th century. Shatranj: An ancient Persian...
It has even larger values for larger-board chess variants such as GrantAcedrex, Tai Shogi, and Taikyoku Shogi. Other large numbers, as regards length...
do not follow a straight path. The Aanca from the historical game of GrantAcedrex is such a "bent rider": it takes its first step like a ferz and continues...
sets based on Lucas van Leyden's painting are commercially available. GrantAcedrex Fairy chess Tamerlane chess See The Chess Variant Pages website http://www...
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