With the help of Dr. Rene Gralla and German Chess Historian Egbert Meissenburg, the following five games of Shatranj in modern times can be viewed with a pgn viewer. Two games were played in a tournament by correspondence in Germany during 1913 and 1915. Another game was played by Sir George Thomas at London in 1914 and two more games in Scandinavia and Denmark in 1940 are included as well. Four games have been started out by using an advanced position (a Tabija) as the starting-out position with the King on d1 and d8 and the Fers (Queen) on e1 and e8 so the normal positions of King and Fers are reversed since that was a normal way of playing Shatranj in the old times.

Fers (Queen), moves one square diagonally

Al-fil (Bishop), moves 2 squares diagonally

The following game was published in the Danish Chess magazine Schackvarlden issue no. 1, in the year 1941 on pages 17 and 18. This game has been communicated to Dr. Rene Gralla by German Chess historian Egbert Meissenburg. The game was played in Scandinavia, in 1940. The names of the players are not known (N.N.)

This is another game communicated to Dr. Rene Gralla by German Chess historian Egbert Meissenburg. A game published in the Danish Chess magazine Schackvarlden issue no. 1, in the year 1941 on page 17. The game was played in Aarhus, Denmark in 1940 and the names of the players are not known (N.N.)

Published in the joint edition of the German Chess weekly “Deutsches Wochenschach” and the Berlin Chess tabloid “Berliner Schachzeitung” Sept. 15/1915 issue, pages 242 and 243, this game was played during a tournament of correspondence Shatranj organised by the German Chess weekly “Deutsches Wochenschach” between 1913-1915.