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What does the ancient chess problem "as-Suli's Diamond" look like?

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Can anyone tell me the position of the pieces? FEN would be appreciated.

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  1. There's not too much available on the web.  It looks as if the position is White: Kb6, Qc6  Black Kd5, Qa1.  The Queens can only move a single square diagonally in any direction and the rules in existence at the time said that White can win by capturing the Black Queen without losing his own Queen on the very next turn.  The key move is supposed to be 1. Kb4.  I couldn't find a complete solution, and quite frankly I don't see why 1. Kc2 doesn't work.  For example, 1. Kc2, Kc4  2. Qd2, Kd4  3. Qc1, Ke3  4 Kb1, Kd3 5. KxQ

    Does anyone have more information on this problem?

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