Mansuba – Murray No. 23

Difficulty: Master

Shatranj puzzle board position for Mansuba – Murray No. 23

Murray No. 23 (p. 283). White plays and wins. Highly complex full-board Mansuba; Ashva, Gaja and Ratha all play active roles in a deep tactical sequence.

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.

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