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The king, rook and knight could move as in modern chess. The pawns also moved the same except that on their first move they could only travel one square. The bishop moved diagonally as today, but two squares, and they could jump pieces. The queen could only move diagonally one square at a time.
Stalemate and Checkmate were the same as today, though Baremate also existed if a king was left with no pieces.
So if I have got this right, in the position below, what's the best move if it is
Manolis Stratakis has a further puzzle which is a thousand
years old