Very interesting strategy: Black must mate by interposing on a check line, so White's checking piece must be pinned -…
On No.1616 (MK)
I'm totally fine with having multiple alternative classifications. What I'm not so fine with is classifications that have troubles with…
On Fairy Chess Classification Project
Seriesmovers are just one of many manifestations of an operation I'm terming "flip" where we take a position and say…
On Fairy Chess Classification Project
I would rather avoid a pin-model in one phase only, but couldn't. Luckily, there is another link between the mates:…
On No.1616 (MK)
Thanks, Shankar! Glad you like the mixing of "schools" of direct play and help-play!
On No.1616 (MK)
Ergo the reasoning that distinguishes the types of play by sections the problems are placed into in published sources is…
On Fairy Chess Classification Project
You don't have to prove that they are similar. You have to prove that they are neither direct nor help.
On Fairy Chess Classification Project
> Backward/forward play being different could also be considered as an alternate point of view. This view exists in the…
On Fairy Chess Classification Project
> Series-direct, Series-help, Series-self stipulations are not really so different. They only differ in the way they are motivated by…
On Fairy Chess Classification Project
How about this take on classification: - there are only two types of play: opposing and helping (in reaching the…
On Fairy Chess Classification Project