Editing List of chess variants (section)

===Historical===
[[File:Chess Set MET DP170393.jpg|thumb|right|'''[[Shatranj]]''' set, 12th century]]
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 |'''[[Chaturaji]]'''
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* '''[[Chaturaji]]''': Four-handed version of [[chaturanga]], played with dice.
* '''[[Chaturanga]]''': An ancient East Indian game, presumed to be the [[origins of chess|common ancestor of chess]] and other national chess-related games.
* '''[[Courier chess]]''': Played in Europe from 13th to 19th century. Probably was one step in evolving modern chess out of [[shatranj]].
* '''[[Grant Acedrex]]''': Medieval Spanish variant from 13th century.
* '''[[Shatranj]]''': An ancient Persian game, derived from [[chaturanga]].
* '''[[Short assize]]''': Played in England and Paris in the second half of the 12th century.
* '''[[Tamerlane chess]]''': A significantly expanded variation of [[shatranj]].