Dragonanga is a variant derived from Chaturanga, more focused on the dragon-bishop pieces as the strongest pieces rather than rooks / carriages.
Origin
Playing a lot of Chaturanga led me to create a variation of it such that pawns could promote by crossing centre, and optionally promote to a minister (Wazir) as well. This led for much more exciting and open Chaturanga gameplay, and is quite enjoyable to play. Upon discovery of the Dragon-Bishop piece, I decided to try utilizing them into the game and wound up with the current version of Dragonanga. more information here: https://www.chess.com/join/dragonanga
I've been playing this variant for over 6 months now; even extensively studied some opening theory. The gameplay is very balanced and flexible, and there are some nice tricks and traps. Testing Game 2 is my favourite example of the Elephant trap, a trap that reminds me of Queens getting trapped in the corner for taking a pawn or rook with haste in normal chess. I've discovered some very fun and unique theory and tactics playing this variant and I would love to see others enjoy it too.
Dragonanga is a variant derived from Chaturanga, more focused on the dragon-bishop pieces as the strongest pieces rather than rooks / carriages.
Origin
Playing a lot of Chaturanga led me to create a variation of it such that pawns could promote by crossing centre, and optionally promote to a minister (Wazir) as well. This led for much more exciting and open Chaturanga gameplay, and is quite enjoyable to play. Upon discovery of the Dragon-Bishop piece, I decided to try utilizing them into the game and wound up with the current version of Dragonanga.
more information here: https://www.chess.com/join/dragonanga
Testing Games:
I've been playing this variant for over 6 months now; even extensively studied some opening theory. The gameplay is very balanced and flexible, and there are some nice tricks and traps. Testing Game 2 is my favourite example of the Elephant trap, a trap that reminds me of Queens getting trapped in the corner for taking a pawn or rook with haste in normal chess. I've discovered some very fun and unique theory and tactics playing this variant and I would love to see others enjoy it too.