The game was lost for centuries until a Persian manuscript [RAS MS 211] was found, probably written in the 15th century, possibly by a biographer of Ali The Chess Player, who was a celebrated player of chess at Timur’s court. Tamerlane Chess is an ancient large chess variant popular in Persia during the rule of Timur in the 14th century. The board consists of a 10 by 11 unchecked pattern along with extra squares are called citadels.

Some old sources tell that Timur invented the game himself, but this attribution is, as more of such attributions, not necessarily true. I created this game to make a more modern and more fun version of the original Tamerlane Chess.

It was developed in Persia and was favored by the 14th century Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur the Lame (also known as "Tamerlane"), who thought regular (queen's) chess was not complex enough. The game is a large variant of Shatranj, the orthodox chess-game of that period. To do this, I made the weak elephant, war engine, and giraffe better, by allowing elephants and war engines to move either one or two spaces, and by allowing the giraffe to jump.

The game was lost for centuries until a Persian manuscript [RAS MS 211] was found, probably written in the 15th century, possibly by a biographer of Ali The Chess Player, who was a celebrated player of chess at Timur’s court. Tamerlane Chess is a strategic board game related to chess and shatranj. Tamerlane chess During the reign of Timur Lenk, also called Tamerlane (1336 - 1405), this game was played often in Persia. Super Tamerlane Introduction. The Rules of Tamerlane Chess Tamerlane Chess is an ancient large chess variant popular in Persia during the rule of Timur in the 14th century.