So far, everyone took for granted that a king cannot disappear in the course of a game, but is it…
A 'joke problem' provokes solver to guess/recreate the AUTHOR'S rules. But the fundamental essence of a regular chess problem is…
In the first two moves the wK and the front piece of the black battery move into position. The route…
I find it perfectly possible to interpret the stipulation such that the position arose in a game from SOME starting…
These extraordinary times fake making sense out of nonsense 🙁 'few moves backwards'?? Supposedly 'legal play' ending in an illegal…
I hear you. The wK plays no part in the solution, so I didn't bother. It's not like we're trying…
Could this possibly have a meaning without wK? Which particular 'game-array' has no wK? So, which rules determine the legality…
Thanks friends for your elogious comments. Almost all thematic points have been listed. I played 6...Ra6 to get the opportunity…
Moves like 2.Ba6?? are simply illegal. It's not even trivial, it's just the rules. It seems nonsensical to ask 'why…
A fantastic problem! The path of the wBf1 is especially good. There are plenty of Leffie effects, as follows: 2.Ba6??…