Saitin catur na ŞAHÎ ya fi zama wasa kawai; shi gada ce tsakanin al'adu, zamani, da falsafa. An tsara shi don tayar da jin daɗin mulkin mallaka da na sarauta, kuma ya samo sunansa daga wata kalma da ake amfani da ita sosai a yankin Balkan da yawancin harsunan Slavic don nufin wasan catur.

Kalmar “ŞAHΔ kanta tana aiki a matsayin siffa ta sarauta wadda ke nufin “na musamman ga Shah,” tana ɗauke da nauyin adabi da ke nuna ƙarfi, ɗaukaka, da zurfin dabaru.

Babban Aikin Ci Gaban Al'adu

An tsara shi ne ta hannun ƙwararren malamin catur kuma tsohon ɗan wasan gaba na MIT, Tamer Karatekin, wannan saitin ya bayyana tarihin wasan cikin kyan gani. Kowanne sashi an ƙera shi ne don ya nuna wata labarin tarihi na musamman:

• Gülşah (Sarki): Yana wakiltar tsarkin kumbun rufi da aka yi wahayi daga gine-gine kamar Hagia Sophia da Pantheon, da gadon ilimin mayafin kai.
• Sokol (Sarauniya/Waziri): An sanya masa suna ne daga alamar soja ta gaggafa, kuma an yi wahayi daga ƙarshen kewayon albasa da ƙirar hular soja na saitin catur na gidan kafe na Ostiriya. Yana wakiltar ikon soja da hikimar “waziri”. Sokolovichi ita ce garin haihuwar babban waziri mafi tasiri na Daular Ottoman, Sokollu Mehmet Pasha.
• Bukefal (Jarumi): An sanya masa suna bisa ga dokin tatsuniya na Alexander Babban, wanda ke wakiltar musayar al'adu a bangarori biyu tsakanin Gabas da Yamma.
• Shahrukh (Mai Sabon Shiga): Wani haɗakar ban mamaki na ci gaban soja, wanda ya haɗa abubuwan keken yaki, hasumiya, bam, da jirgin ruwa. Chessmaster kuma kwamanda Timur ya ba dansa suna Shahrukh, domin labarin haihuwarsa ya iso yayin wasan catur.
• Abul-Abbas (Bishof/Giwa): Yana nuna tafiyar alama ta giwa da aka ba Charlemagne, yana bibiyar yaduwar catur a nahiyoyi uku.
• Régence-Philidor (Ƙaramin Sakkata): An yi wahayi daga kafunan zamanin Haske na Paris da mashahurin karin maganar Philidor: “Pawns su ne rai na catur”.