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Ecumenical Chess. Set of Variants incorporating Camels and Camel compound pieces. (8x10, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Joe Joyce wrote on Mon, Jan 5, 2009 08:54 PM UTC:
Agree with you, HG, once the king is in the corner. What is required to force the king into the corner? The gnu has 2 contiguous squares attacked, but that is not a piece that can mate, unless the king is already in the corner. What is the minimum requirement in footprint for one piece, X, to force mate in a K+X vs k scenario, when the pieces are scattered but not en prise at start? I think I've got the question down on paper correctly this time; if not, I promise to not say anything more on it until my sinuses stop feeling as if they're filled with cement.