Book of Chess, Its Problems, and Its Subtleties

As for the verses that have been shared regarding the description of Chess original: "al-Shatranj.", they are:

A square land, red, made of leather, between two friends described as noble.
They discussed war and devised a semblance for it, without sinning therein by shedding blood.
Look at the cleverness that surged in their thoughts, regarding two armies without drums or banners.
This one raids that one and overcomes him, while that one raids back, and the eye of war never sleeps.

And Ibn Abi al-Baghl said

Ibn Abi al-Baghl was a famous official and poet of the Abbasid era, known for his wit and involvement in the high culture of Baghdad.

A youth set up the Chessboard so that through it he might see consequences that no ignorant man could reach.
He saw the outcomes of future events today, with an eye that gazes through the imagination of a player.
The management of the pieces within it, if you consider it, is like the management of hardships and cavalry squadrons. original: "al-Qanabil," referring to groups of horses or military units.

At its end, al-Raghib recited

Likely referring to al-Raghib al-Isfahani, a celebrated 11th-century scholar and philologist.

And cavalry I have seen facing cavalry, being given to drink the cup of death between them.
For every camp among them is a leader, who directs it with the rules of success.
When their horses advance and the Rooks original: "Rikhakh," the plural of "Rukh." roam in a loud, massive array,
Armies appeared from their camp, mounted on something other than spears.
You see them between those in a fortified defense, and those among them who are humbled and vulnerable.
One kills another in the war, and yet they record only the echoes of shouting.
When they are defeated, they are taken captive, then they return healthy, never having been struck by a wound.