[Retros] The Problemist July 2010

Joost de Heer joost at sanguis.xs4all.nl
Mon Jul 19 12:56:28 EDT 2010


Forgot to explain the fairy condition 'Shrink chess'.

Shrink chess: When a file or row becomes empty as a result of the move, this
file or row is removed from the board.

E.g. 1. Sa3 a6 2. Sb5 [Remove 3rd row, so black king is now on e7] a4 [Remove
5th row, so black king is now on e6].

A remark: Although it's not explicitly told in the definition, I assume (at
least that's how I always played the game during my college years) that the
pieces above or to the right of the row/file to be removed are moved
downwards/left.



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