How did the pieces get their moves?
Shatranj is an ancient Persian chess variant, popular over a thousand years ago.
Have you ever wondered how the pieces got their moves?
How did anybody ever come up with the strangeness of the knight's movement?
One of my real life chess friends has a theory. Is he onto something, or is he completely mental? Let me know what you think!
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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