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Khmer chess

Also known as Ouk Chatrang

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Chess descendant similar to makruk with special opening moves.

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Part of the living heritage of Cambodia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Crossroads and Golden Ages (about 500 to 1500), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Southeast Asia and the Islands.

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