Some chess historians dispute the existence of such chess in general.
Supposedly invented by a Jesuit missionary in China, Álvaro Semedo.
Subsequently, other Catholic missionaries in China reported a special Chinese chess called "semedo".
A description of this game in latin is given in a book published in 1694 in England.
[1][2] Initial semedo alignment (♔ ♚ — kings, ♕ ♛ — scientists, ♘ ♞ — knights, ♙ ♟ — pawns, ◬ ⟁ — rockets):[citation needed]