Chess with the Doomsday Machine (Shatranj ba Mashin-e Qiamat) (Persian: شطرنج با ماشین قیامت) is a novel about the Iran–Iraq War by Habib Ahmadzadeh.

Moosa, the protagonist of the novel, becomes an artillery spotter in the duel between the two sides, using an unfinished multi-storey building as his observation post.

[5] After returning home from representing Canada at the Fadjr International Theatre Festival in Tehran, the show made its Canadian premiere on February 6, 2014.

[6] The production returned to Canada after first touring ran, with a debut in Abadan, the birthplace of the story and that of Onelight Theatre's artistic director, Shahin Sayadi.

Written and directed by Shahin Sayadi, Chess with the Doomsday Machine used a combination of English, Persian and nonverbal communication to tell the story of the challenges a young soldier must face.