A history of chess problems before chess had a name for them. Shatranj has well documented puzzles called Mansubat.
Daav can be considered an equivalent in Chaturanga.
https://chaturanga.online/blog/daav-mansuba-a-history-of-chess-puzzles/
I'm not an expert in Sanskrit. But I do 'enough' to translate better than Google. I would like a peer review of experts who know the language on a blog post.
https://chaturanga.online/blog/before-shahmat-there-was-mati/
Many thanks
This blog post examines translations and commentary drawn from early Sanskrit texts on Chaturanga (the ancient Indian precursor to chess), drawing heavily on the 1937 Marathi work Vilas Mani Manjari.
https://chaturanga.online/blog/before-shahmat-there-was-mati/
Just wanted to get a community perspective on it. Would an engine that has solved chess be worth it?
A complex historical Mansuba played between two Shatranj grandmasters Abu Naim and Al-Khadim
White to move, mate in 5.
https://chaturanga.online/puzzle/midgame/master/mansuba-murray-168-abu-naim-al-khadim/
A complex midgame position. White to move and mate in 7.
https://chaturanga.online/puzzle/midgame/advanced/mansuba-murray-no-7-c-182/
