Having said all that, I don't wish to detract from the huge labour of love made by the creators, maintainers…
For winchloe, yes. But pdb, yacpdb, meson... _are_ free no?
As the database is not free and hence not accessible to everyone, there is no possibility of authors suggesting corrections.
"I think also that every author has right to improve his problem..." ... and other's too? 😉
Seems to be an extension on the theme of "weasels".. mentioned in Feather's "Black to Play".. See also this matplus…
Yes... indeed it's a laborious, boring, thankless job - updating databases with new problems.. But one thing needs to be…
Excellent analysis by Mr.Petkov. But many composers do not worry much about black economy (perhaps a carryover from direct mates).
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