Gadon Ilimi na Wani Aristokrahin Gorganite
Al-Suli ba kawai fitaccen ƙwararren ɗan catur na zamaninsa ba ne; shi ne “nadim” (abokin fadar) ga Khalifofin Abbasiyya, masanin tarihin fadar, kuma mawaƙi mai basira. An haife shi a Gorgan kusan shekara ta 870 AD, asalin sa ya koma ga gidan soja mai ƙarfi na Sul a filayen Dehistan, inda kakansa, ɗan sarautar Turkiyya Sul tekin, ya taɓa mulki. Ana tunawa da wannan gadon sarauta a yau ta hanyar siffar mutum a Ginin Tunawa da Yancin Kai a Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Da yake riƙe da matsayin “Aliya”, mafi girman mukamin da za a iya samu a cikin catur, Al-Suli ya mayar da wasan zuwa tsarin gine-ginen kimiyya mai tsari. A cikin muhimmin aikinsa Kitab al-Shatranj, shi ne mutum na farko da ya rubuta a tsari yadda ake bude wasa (tabiyas) da dabarun ƙarshen wasa (mansubas). Tsarin ka'idar da ya kafa ya kasance ma'auni na ƙarshe na ƙwarewa kuma babban tushen bayani na tsawon ƙarni, har sai bayyanar sabbin ƙa'idodin catur na zamani.
Lu'u-lu'u na Suli: Kololuwar dabaru ta shekaru dubu ɗaya wadda ba za a iya warwarewa ba
An kirkiro shi a ƙarni na 10 ta hannun ƙwararren Gorganite Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, “Diyamanti” ita ce tambaya mafi almara da ake tattaunawa a tarihin catur. Duk da cewa a bayyane take da sauƙi, ƙarshen wasa da ke kunshe da Sarki ɗaya da Ferz (gaban-gaban Sarauniya a tarihi) ga kowanne ɓangare, wannan tsari ya kasance Everest ɗin da ba za a iya warwarewa ba a duniyar catur na tsawon shekaru dubu ɗaya. Wannan ƙirƙira mai ban mamaki ta Al-Suli babban fasaha ce ta dabaru wadda ke tura iyakokin catur na tarihi.
Asirin da ke cikin Rubutun Süleymaniye
Mafi muhimmancin rikodin wannan asiri yana cikin kwafin Kitab Ash-Shatranj da aka adana a ɗakin karatu na Süleymaniye a Istanbul. Duk da cewa shafukan wannan takardar rubutu na musamman suna cikakke, a bayyane yake cewa wasu matsayi da motsi an rubuta su ba daidai ba ko ba cikakke ba daga tushen asali. Duk da waɗannan kurakuran rubuce-rubuce na tarihi, maganin ɓangare da aka bayar a cikin rubutun ya yi daidai da zurfin nazarin da Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh ya gudanar a ƙarni na 20. Al-Suli ya tabbatar da keɓantaccen ƙwarewarsa ta hanyar wannan ikirari mai ƙalubalanci:
“Babu wanda zai warware shi sai waɗanda na koya wa.”
Nasara ta Algorithms: shatranj.ai
“Diamond,” wanda ya bar tunanin ɗan adam cikin mamaki tsawon shekaru dubu ɗaya, yanzu an haskaka shi gaba ɗaya ta ƙarfin zamani na dijital. A cikin aikin shatranj.ai, ta amfani da hanyoyin shirye-shirye masu motsi da sabbin algorithms tare da fasalin “hash” (teburin mayar da wurare), an warware kowace bambanci na wannan ƙirƙira mai basira ta lissafi. Wannan tafiya, daga layukan rubutattun Süleymaniye zuwa lambar zamani, ita ce tabbacin ƙarshe na basirar dabaru ta Al-Suli wadda ba ta taba tsufa ba, tana nuna cewa abin da a da aka keɓe wa ɗaliban da malam ya zaɓa yanzu za a iya fahimtarsa ta harshen ƙa'idar tunani mai tsarki.
