Beautifully matched solutions with typical Locust blocking/unblocking effects. Great problem!
Dear Geoff, Thanks for your pleasing comments.
Locusts can't be captured in Take&Make, because they can't make non-capturing moves. It is hard for a king to escape…
Yes, you are right. I was APWin. It was not listed in it. But there is option to write the…
Two nice problems. Provacation is an interesting condition. Hope it might be implemented in Popeye in future.
Just a short note (because I am very busy right now): I have discussed Nicolas's question about superfluous kings in…
As far as the white King plays no role (in both problems), I wonder if it would not be simpler…
Another exception would be conditions which deeply modify the checking/auto-checking moves, e.g. Vogtlaender. In such a case it is almost…
Georgy, In my opinion your last version has an important weakness - the both black thematic pieces - PAd6 and…
Whatever the wordplay might produce, in such "helpforcedmate" the essence would be that Blackc fulfills the task (and black economy…