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# A Christian-Arab game of chess
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/khristiano-arabskaia-partiia-v-shakhmaty/
- Published: 2025-09-16T05:32:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:28:42.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: The East, Art, Humour

A Christian-Arab game of chess. Al-Andalus, 13th century.

If Black's move is H2, White has a fair chance of drawing the game. Failing that, we are left with victory in the Reconquista, which is not at all bad either.