DEDICATION:THIS CHESS VARIANT NAMELY DECIMAL CHESS / ASHARIAH SATARANJ IS DEDICATED TO HER HIGHNESS QUEEN OF ENGLAND.

DECIMAL CHESS /ASHARIAH SATARANJ/ ASHARANJ [ THE FIRST LETTER IS AIN IN ARABIC ALPHABETS ( AIN SHIN RA NUN JIM). THERE ARE 100 SAQUARES . 50 OF THEM ARE EMPTY AND 50 OF THEM ARE FILLED WITH PIECES OR CHESS MEN. OUT OF 50 FILLED 25 ARE OF FIRST PLAYER AND 25 OF THEM ARE OF SECOND PLAYER. THEIR DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOW. 1 WAR MACHINE . IT MOVES AND STRIKES LIKE THE QUEEN OF ORDENARY CHESS (*.*) 1 SUB WAR MACHINE . IT MOVES AND STRIKES LIKE THE KING OF ORDANARY CHESS. 1 CATAPULT. IT MOVES LIKE THE QUEEN OF ORDANARY CHESS , AND STRIKES LIKE THE ROOK OF ORDENARY CHESS. (*,+) 1 SUB CATABULT. IT MOVES LIKE CATABULT AND STRIKE LIKE IT WITH THE RESTICTION OF ONE SQUARE ,BOTH IN MOVING AND STRIKING. 1] CANNON. IT MOVES LIKE THE QUEEN OF ORDANARY AND STRIKES LIKE THE BISHOP OF ORDANARY CHESS. (*,^) 1] SUB CANNON. IT MOVES LIKE CANNON AND STRIKE LIKE THE CANNON BUT WITH THE RESTRICTION OF ONLY ONE SQUARE EITHER IN MOVING OR IN STRIKING. 1 SHIP. IT MOVES LIKE A ROOK OF ORDENARY CHESS AND STRIKE LIKE A QUEEN OF ORDINARY CHESS.(+,*) 1] SUB SHIP. IT MOVES AND STRIKES LIKE SHIP BUT RESTRICTED TO ONE SQUARE ONLY. 1] GUN. IT MOVES LIKE A BISHOP OF ORDENARY CHESS AND SRIKES LIKE A QUEEN OF ORDENARY CHESS. (^,*) 1 SUBGUN . IT MOVES LIKE A GUN AND STRKES LIKE IT BUT RESTRICTED TO ONE SQUARE IN EACH CASE. 1 GRAND VAZIR. IT MOVES LIKE A ROOK OF ORDENARY CHESS AND STRIKES LIKE A BISHOP OF ORDENARY CHESS.(+,^) 1 VAZIR. IT MOVES LIKE G.VAZIR AND STRIKES LIKE IT BUT LIMITED TO ONE SQUARE IN EACH CASE. 1 GRAND QUEEN. IT MOVES LIKE BISHOP OF ORDENARY CHESS ANS STRIKES LIKE ROOK OF ORDENARY CHESS. (^,+) 1 QUEEN. IT MOVES AND STRKES LIKE A KING. 1 ADMIRAL. IT MOVES AND STRIKES LIKE A ROOK OF ORDENARY CHESS.(+,+) 1 ARCHER . IT MOVES AND STRIKES LIKE A ROOK WITH RE RESTRICTION OF ONE SQUARE IN EACH CASE. 1 MARSHALL. IT MOVES ABD SRTIKES LIKE THE BISHOP OF ORDENARY CHESS. (^,^) 1 GENERAL. IT MOVES AND STRIKES LIKE A MARSHAL BUT RESTRIKTED TO ONE SQUARE ONLY. 4 PAWNS. THEY ARE SIMILAR TO ORDENARY CHESS PAWNS. IF A PAWN REACHES TO THE FIRST ROW OF ITE OPPONENT IT BECOMES A SUPER PAWN WITH THE POWER TO STRIKE AND MOVE LIKE A QUEEN OF ORDANARY CHESS PLUS THE POWER OF KNIGHT TO MOVE BUT NOT TO STRIKE. 1 GRAND PAWN. 1

IT HAS A VERY COMPLEX MOVEMENT AND STRIKING ABILITY. IT IS AS FOLLOW:GRAND PAWN:-

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TYPE OF CHESS PIECE. IF THIS POWN COMES SOMEHOW IN COLUMNS 0,1,2,3,6,7,8,9 IT REVERTS TO AN ORDENARY PAWN. THIS PAWN HAS VERY SPECIAL POWERS IN COLUMNS 4 AND 5. IN A NUT SHELL IF ITS REAL PREDENCE IS IN A SQUARE OF COLUMN 5, THEN ITS VERTUAL PRESENCE IS IN THE COORESPONDING AQUARE OF COLUMN 4, ANF IF ITS REAL PRESENCE IS IN A SQUARE OF COLUMN 4 , IT VIRTUAL PRESENCE IS IN THE CORRESPONDING SQUARE OF COLUMN 5. SUPPOSE THAT IT IS IN THE COLUMN 5 AT SQUARE (5,4). THEN :1) IT CAN MOVE TO SQUARE (5,5) LIKE AN ORDENARY PAWN. 2) IT CAN MOVE TO SQUARE (4,5) AS IT IS VERTUALLY PRESENT IN (4,4) 3) IT CAN STRIKE \ CAPTURE ANY OPPONENT PIECE AT (6,5) LIKE AN ORDENARY PAWN 4) IT CAN CAPTURE \STRIKE ANY OPPONENT PIECE AT SQUARE (3,5) AS IT IS VERTUALLY PRESENT AT (4,4) { JUMPING AS A KIGNT AT LEFT SIDE BUT ONLY AT SQUARE (4,4) FROM SQUARE (5,4)} SUPPOSE THAT IT IS PRESENT IN COLUMN 4 AT SQUARE (4,4) THEN:1] IT CAN MOVE TO SQ. (4,5) LIKE AN ORDENARY PAWN. 2]IT CAN MOVE TO SQ (5,5) AS IF IT IS PRESENT AT (5,4). 3] IT CAN STRIKE ANY PIECE OF OPPONENT AT (3,5) LIKE ANY ORDANARY PAWN FROM (4,4). 4] IT CAN STRIKE ANY PIECE PRESENT AT AT SQ (6,5) AS IT IS VERTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENT AT (5,4). THIS ABILITY IS NOT BLOCKED BY THE REAL PRESENCE OF ANY CHESS PIECE AT A SQUARE WHERE ITS VERTUAL PRESENCE IS SUPPOSED. ITS VERTUAL PRESENCE DOES NOT BLOCK THE MOVEMENT OR STRIKE OF ANY PIECE AT A SQUARE WHERE ITS VERTUAL PRESENCE EXISTS. IN A SENSE IT IS A GHOST OF CHESS PIECE IN THESE TWO COULUMS. MAY BE CALLED A GHOST PAWN. IT CAN ALSO SHIFT ITS REAL PRESENCE TO ITS VERTUAL PRESENCE FROM CL-5 TO CL-4 OR FROM CL-4 TO CL-5. FOR EXAMPLE IF IT IS PRESENT AT SQ (5,4) IT CAN MOVE TO (4,4) BUT ONLY IF (4,4) IS EMPTY. SIMILARLY IF IT IS PRESENT AT (4,4) IT CAN MOVE TO (5,4) BUT ONLY IF THE SQUARE IS EMPTY. IF THIS PAWN REACHES TO THE FIRST ROW OF THE OPPONENT WITH IN THE LIMITS OF CL-4 OR CL-5 IT BECOMES A FLYING MACHINE \ FLYING PAWN WHICH HAS THE POWER OF QUEEN OF ORDENARY CHESS PLUS THE POWER OF KNIGHT OF THE ORDANARY CHESS. BUT IF IT REACHES TO THE ANY SQUARE OF FIRST ROW OF THE OPPONENT OUT OF THE BOUNDS OF CL-4 AND 5 IT BECOMES A QUEEN OF ORDENARY CHESS LIKE ANY OTHER PAWN WITH THE POWER OF KNIGHT OF ORDENAY CHESS TO MOVE BUT NOT TO STRIKE. GUARD:- THE GUARD CAN NOT STRIKE ANY OPPONENT PIECE. IT CAN ONLY BLOCK THE WAY. IT MOVES LIKE A KNIGHT OF ORDENARY CHESS. HOW EVER IT CAN STRIKE A FRIENDLY PIECE IN ORDER TO MAKE WAY BUT IN DOING SO IT ALSO DIES ALONG WITH THE STRIKED PIECE.

RULES TO PLAY. 1]THE SECOND PLAYER HAS A RIGHT TO PLACE ITS PIECES OF KING AND WAR MACHINE AS A MIRROR IMMAGE OF THE FIRST PLAYER OR TO PLACE IN THE NORMAL WAY. 2] THE GOAL IS EITHER TO CHECKMATE THE OPPONENT KING OR TO STILLMATE THE OPPONENT KING.

IN EITHER CASE OPPONENT LOSES. 3] IF NONE OF THEM IS POSSIBLE THEN:1]IT IS A DRAW IF THE CHESS PIECES OF BOTH PLAYERS ARE DIFFERENT IN RANKS OR IN NUMBER. 2] IF THEY ARE EQUAL IN RANKS AND NUMBER THEN IT IS A TIE. NORMAL ORDER:-

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RED COLOR PARENTHESES SHES RESTRICTION TO ONE SQUARE .