Thanks for sharing this beautiful construction. There is a similar theme in the toughest shogi problems. For example, the famous "Grand Labyrinth" was the 163-move crowning problem of the collection Shogi Musou. The king is chased around the board seven times, all to capture the eight pawns in hand that were required to perform the final checkmate!
Thanks for the kind words, I will look for The Grand Labyrinth! Murray didn't miss this one, it is number 82 in his list, and it's where I got the quote from.
That's so cool! Imagine being the one to find such a position during ancient persia or be the one to see its solution carved on stone! It shows that no matter how different our times are, there is always room for a good chess game! or in this case Shatranj.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful construction.
There is a similar theme in the toughest shogi problems. For example, the famous "Grand Labyrinth" was the 163-move crowning problem of the collection Shogi Musou. The king is chased around the board seven times, all to capture the eight pawns in hand that were required to perform the final checkmate!
Thanks for the kind words, I will look for The Grand Labyrinth!
Murray didn't miss this one, it is number 82 in his list, and it's where I got the quote from.
That's so cool! Imagine being the one to find such a position during ancient persia or be the one to see its solution carved on stone! It shows that no matter how different our times are, there is always room for a good chess game! or in this case Shatranj.
For me, these are like golden nuggets drifting down to us through the mists of time, connecting us to the past.
What nonsense. In the starting position king was already attacked by opponent queen. So many illegal moves.
What do you mean? Women weren't invented yet 🤔
Even worse are all the illegal pieces. Nothing makes sense anymore.
ferz can only move one square diagonally, it is not like the modern queen
Go elephants!