ʻO ka Chaturanga Chess Set he ʻāpana kū hoʻokahi a me ka mōʻaukala o nā memo chess i hoʻi mai i India kahiko. Hiki ke huli ʻia ke kumu o ka Chaturanga Chess Set i ke kenekulia 6 a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻano mua loa o ka pāʻani chess hou. Ua pāʻani ʻia ka pāʻani o Chaturanga e nā aliʻi a me nā papa hanohano ma India kahiko a ua ʻike ʻia no kāna mau lula paʻakikī a me nā hoʻolālā.
Hoʻolālā kū hoʻokahi a me ka hōʻailona
ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona nui o ka Chaturanga Chess Set ʻo ia ka hoʻolālā a me ka hōʻailona. Hana ʻia nā ʻāpana i ka niho ʻelepani a i ʻole ka lāʻau a hoʻonani ʻia me nā kiʻi kālai a me nā hoʻolālā. Hōʻike kēlā me kēia ʻāpana i kahi kūlana ʻokoʻa o ka pūʻali, me ke aliʻi e hōʻike ʻia ana e ke koa e kau ana, ʻo ke aliʻi wahine e ka ʻelepani, ʻo ke kaʻa ma ke kaʻa, ʻo ka pīhopa ma ka lio a me nā pawns e nā koa wāwae. ʻO ka hōʻailona ma hope o kēia mau ʻāpana he hōʻailona ia o ka nohona India kahiko a me ka moʻomeheu.
Nā lula o Chaturanga
ʻO kekahi ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka Chaturanga Chess Set ke ʻano o ka pāʻani ʻana. ʻAʻole like me ka chess hou, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā lula o Chaturanga a koi ʻia kahi pae kiʻekiʻe o ke akamai a me ka hoʻolālā. He ʻokoʻa nā neʻe a me nā kapu o nā ʻāpana, a ʻo ka pahuhopu o ka pāʻani ʻaʻole ia e hopu wale i ke aliʻi o ka hoa paio, akā e lanakila pū i ko lākou pūʻali koa.
ʻO kekahi o nā ʻokoʻa nui ka helu o nā ʻāpana ma ka papa. Ma Chaturanga, he 4 mau ʻāpana wale nō ma kēlā ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai i ka chess hou he 6 ʻāpana ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao. ʻO kēia hoʻololi i ka helu o nā ʻāpana he hopena koʻikoʻi i ke ʻano o ka pāʻani ʻana i ka pāʻani a ua maʻalahi ia i ka lehulehu ākea.