MATE IN 71! "The Water Wheel"

Shatranj is an ancient chess variant, popular over a thousand years ago.

My good friend, a Durkhan scholar of Persian antiquities, has forwarded me a position that has a claim to being at least 2000 years old!

"The solution was found carved on a stone of the time of the Greeks"

As well as being incredibly ancient, this position is one of the best that I've ever seen, both in shatranj and chess. It's a forced mate in no less than 71 moves!
Enjoy this walk-through as much as I did making it.

In case you missed them, here are some of my previous shatranj videos...

Two full games from the 920s:
https://rumble.com/v185zcm-the-year-920-al-suli-vs-al-lajlaj.html
https://rumble.com/v18nkmy-second-oldest-game-al-suli-vs-caliph-al-muqtadir-920s.html

And the story of Dilaram:
https://rumble.com/v1n86tf-840-ad-the-oldest-chess-puzzle.html

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