1200 YEARS AGO - two mysteries in one!

In this video, I take you through a legendary chess puzzle, from Abu Na-am, documented by Al-Suli.

Although it comes from an ancient chess variant, Shatranj, it is in fact, one of the oldest known modern chess problems since none of the Shatranj rules are in play.

But more than this, there is a second, deeper, more intriguing mystery at play here - stick around after the initial puzzle to find out what is really going on!

Here is my main source for this video:
https://www.chess.com/blog/introuble2/the-immortal-mansuba-of-abu-naim-al-khadim-a-modern-chess-study-and-murrays-proof-game

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