Else: 23... Qd1# 0–1 History Descriptions of this chess variant can be traced as far back as the 12th century in the Mānasollāsa, which refers to the game as sarvatobhadra (). It is a variant of chaturanga that is determined by each player throwing two or so dice. Supposedly, the multiple dice were used to expand the rolling player's possible choices. The values on each die correspond to which types of pieces to be moved; the player with the Maharajah is forced to move it like a piece as indicated by the dice. The chaturanga variant was revived by the 1871 Indian encyclopedia of games Kridakaushalya, which revised it using the moves of modern chess pieces. It was first described in the Western world in 1892 by Edward Falkener, who called it "The Maharajah and the Sepoys". See also Manchu chess References Bibliography Chess variants Chess in India 19th-century board games Solved games