Tamer Karatekin has composed a harder version of the Suli's Diamond endgame study.

 

For further historical background, diagrams, source discovery, and a video explanation of the solution,

see the dedicated Suli’s Diamond page on Shatranj.ai

and watch the associated documentary lecture

Suli’s Diamond: The Most Mysterious and Challenging Chess Puzzle of All Time

on YouTube.

 

Beware the rules in this article are the old form of chess (shatranj).

For these rules see: https://ancientchess.com/page/play-shatranj.htm

Because the PGN-tool at this website can't show you the moves, I give you the diagrams where a FEN is in the article:

 

Below the article with all the details:

See also: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19465731

Suli_Karatekin_Diamonds_Reverse_Ferz_40_positions

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