Mansuba – Murray No. 7 (C 182)

Difficulty: Advanced

Shatranj puzzle board position for Mansuba – Murray No. 7 (C 182)

C 182 (= F 63, AH 107/15, RM 21/22/29, Alf. 14, H 7, V 9). White plays and wins. Al-ʿAdlī had two solutions; aṣ-Ṣūlī praised this problem. Dense piece configuration requiring deep calculation.

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