2 players
Maharajah Chess
- Game family
- chess
- Origin
- India
Overview
Maharajah Chess is a Chess variant known since the nineteenth century.
Source rules (English)
The black player has a normal set of chess pieces. The white player has a single piece which can move either as a queen or as a knight. Black's goal is to checkmate the white piece, White's goal is to checkmate the black king. There is no pawn promotion.