For the 1969 film, see Shatranj (1969 film). For the 1993 film, see Shatranj (1993 film).
Two shatranj players in a detail from a Persian miniature painting of Bayasanghori Shahname made in 1430
Shatranj (Arabic and Persian: شطرنج; from Middle Persian chatrangچترنگ) is an old form of chess, as played in the Sasanian Empire. Its origins are in the Indian game of chaturaṅga.[1] Modern chess gradually developed from this game, as it was introduced to Europe by contacts in Muslim Al-Andalus (modern Spain) and in Sicily in the 10th century.
Shatranj (Arabic and Persian: شطرنج; from Middle Persian chatrang چترنگ) is an old form of chess, as played in the Sasanian Empire. Its origins are in...
Shatranj Ke Khilari (lit. 'The Chess Players') is a 1924 Hindi short-story written by Munshi Premchand. Premchand also made the Urdu version titled "Shatranj...
chatrang (Cambodian) and modern Indian chess. It was adopted as chatrang (shatranj) in Sassanid Persia, which in turn was the form of chess brought to late-medieval...
Zindagi Shatranj Hai is a Hindi film directed by Dushyant Pratap Singh. The film stars Hiten Tejwani, Shawar Ali, Pankaj Berry, Ashutosh Kaushik, Daler...
white nor black) pieces, knighted pieces, equihoppers, and xiangqi pieces. Shatranj pieces have been provisionally assigned for a future version. In Unicode...
Jeevan Ki Shatranj is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Farah, Shilpa Shirodkar. The film...
was then named shatranj (Arabic: شطرنج; Persian: شترنج), with the pieces largely retaining their Persian names. In Spanish, "shatranj" was rendered as...
in Urdu): Origins of chess Chaturaji, four-handed version of chaturanga Shatranj Cazaux, Jean-Louis. "Indian Chess Sets". Another view on Chess: Odyssey...
role. Shortly before her death, she had completed filming for Rang and Shatranj; these were released posthumously on 7 July 1993 and 17 December 1993 respectively...
where it was modified in terms of shapes and rules and developed into Shatranj. Following the Arab invasion and conquest of Persia, chess was taken up...
chess piece that can jump two squares diagonally. It first appeared in shatranj. It is used in many historical and regional chess variants. It was used...
chess and in Shatranj form of chess before being replaced by the queen. The ferz is a very old piece, appearing in chaturanga and shatranj, the ancestors...
chess is a medieval chess variant. Like modern chess, it is derived from shatranj. It was developed in Central Asia during the reign of Emperor Timur, and...
makruk, in its present form, was directly derived from the Persian game of shatranj via the cultural exchange between the two peoples in this period. This...
been captured). In some old versions of chess, such as "baring chess" and shatranj, leaving the opponent with a bare king was one way of winning the game...
Shah, Rashmi Desai and Arshi Khan. Recently he directed the film Zindagi Shatranj Hai starring Hiten Tejwani. Singh was born and raised in Agra, a city of...
India Nationality Indian Occupation Actress Years active 1985–2014 Notable work Bol Radha Bol Shatranj Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Spouse Nimai Bali Children 1...
and The Deceivers (1988). He broke into Indian films with Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977) for which he won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award...
plays, many of them jubilee hits, including Bakri, Moteram Ka Satyagrah, Shatranj Ke Mohre, Ek Aur Dronacharya and Chakkar Pe Chakkar. One of his serials...
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