Al Sulis Diamond

Difficulty: Master

A puzzle from the Shatranj grandmaster Al Suli unsolved for a 1000 years. It was finally solved by Russian Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh.

This is a Mansuba (مَنصُوبَة) — a classical Shatranj and Chaturanga puzzle from medieval manuscripts. Play Shatranj online free at Chaturanga.online, the only dedicated Shatranj game on the internet.