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Second oldest game - Al-Suli vs Caliph Al-Muqtadir - 920s
3 years ago
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Before modern chess, the rules were a little different.
In this video, I take you through the second oldest recorded game ever. Al-Suli and the Caliph, Al-Muqtadir, play a game of Shatranj in 920s Baghdad.
Here are the rules:
*) The game is won by checkmate, by capturing all opposing pieces except the enemy King, or by stalemate.
*) The Bishop is replaced by the Elephant, which jumps two squares diagonally.
*) The Queen is replaced by the Advisor, which moves one square diagonally.
*) The Pawn moves only one square. There is no en passant.
*) When the Pawn reaches the last row, it automatically becomes an advisor.
*) No castling.
My sources for this game are:
https://www.abstractgames.org/shatranj1.html
#shatranj
#chatrang
#al-suli
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