Answers.Body: <p>You answered your own question, with 1) and 2) being the main causes!</p>
  <p>I don't know about 3), tbh, but it seems at least somewhat plausible (although stalemate was also a win in chaturanga so who knows!).</p>
  <p>You say that it's not on main chess sites, but chess.com at least has it as a playable variant- can't speak for how easily you'll find a game there however.</p>
  <p>It's also presumably not trivial to code the game, which is probably another reason why.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I stand corrected, chess.com does have it!
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Answers.Text: I just played a few games, no problem finding opponents.
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Answers.Text: https://www.chess.com/variants - one of the options is Chaturanga
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Answers.Text: Chaturanga is incomplete game and people on the internet are trying to scam each other. Ashtpaad board based Chatur Yantra was the only complete game. I am fpcussing only on dashpaad as Ashtpaad based Game is not of my interest..
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Body: <p>Inspired by this question <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/32843/what-rules-are-known-for-chaturanga">What rules are known for Chaturanga?</a></p>
  <p>Chaturanga seems quite interesting, and some aspects of it, like no castling are being introduced in other variants: Kramnik's chess. Given that, say, lichess.org has so many variants, is there a reason why Chaturanga is not of them?</p>
  <p>Possible reasons:</p>
  <ol>
  <li><p>The rules are not exactly known.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Queen (Mantri) is much less powerful and pawns don't have a 2-square move option on the first move, which makes the game less interesting / drawish to many people.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Strategies were developed to draw fairly easily, (and that's why rule changes were introduced). This is a stronger version of 2), and probably not likely.</p>
  </li>
  </ol>
  
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Comments.Text: The answer to my question said that the rules weren't clear, so reason number 1 is the answer.
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Comments.Text: The title is different than the question stated in body.
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Comments.Text: @fartgeek, that's true, my initial question was based on incorrect assumption that you cannot play Chaturanga on any of the main chess sites, so I edited the title after the answer. Do you think it is better to revert?
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Title: Can I play chaturanga on any of the main chess sites?
ThreadText: # Can I play chaturanga on any of the main chess sites?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-06)
  
  Inspired by this question [What rules are known for Chaturanga?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/32843/what-rules-are-known-for-chaturanga)
  
  Chaturanga seems quite interesting, and some aspects of it, like no castling are being introduced in other variants: Kramnik's chess. Given that, say, lichess.org has so many variants, is there a reason why Chaturanga is not of them?
  
  Possible reasons:
  
  1. The rules are not exactly known.
  2. Queen (Mantri) is much less powerful and pawns don't have a 2-square move option on the first move, which makes the game less interesting / drawish to many people.
  3. Strategies were developed to draw fairly easily, (and that's why rule changes were introduced). This is a stronger version of 2), and probably not likely.
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: The answer to my question said that the rules weren't clear, so reason number 1 is the answer.  
  > **username_2**: The title is different than the question stated in body.  
  > **username_0**: @username_2, that's true, my initial question was based on incorrect assumption that you cannot play Chaturanga on any of the main chess sites, so I edited the title after the answer. Do you think it is better to revert?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2020-11-06. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  You answered your own question, with 1) and 2) being the main causes!
  
  I don't know about 3), tbh, but it seems at least somewhat plausible (although stalemate was also a win in chaturanga so who knows!).
  
  You say that it's not on main chess sites, but chess.com at least has it as a playable variant- can't speak for how easily you'll find a game there however.
  
  It's also presumably not trivial to code the game, which is probably another reason why.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I stand corrected, chess.com does have it!  
  > **username_0**: I just played a few games, no problem finding opponents.  
  > **username_1**: Do you have a link?  
  > **username_3**: https://www.chess.com/variants - one of the options is Chaturanga  
  > **username_4**: Chaturanga is incomplete game and people on the internet are trying to scam each other. Ashtpaad board based Chatur Yantra was the only complete game. I am fpcussing only on dashpaad as Ashtpaad based Game is not of my interest..  
  
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