Posers and Puzzles
07 Aug 08
11 Aug 08
Originally posted by Sam The ShamBy "reading previous posts" I meant Dejections posting. As he said, it is a "wild" game. This is a certain variation of chess with a different starting position. I play it myself on fics server sometimes. So it definitely can occur in a legal game.
Sometimes it helps to know what you're talking about. It is an impossible position that can't occur in a game. What's your point?
11 Aug 08
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Originally posted by crazyblue"Wild" chess with different starting positions are not legal games. They are not Orthodox Problems which assume a legal starting position. Neither the pawns or the pieces in the problem can be where they are, all I did was point that out, since it wasn't given in the problem and was basically a cheapo, hoping the solver wouldn't notice the misplaced Queens and Kings and assume it was a standard opening array. Then you came along and made a big deal out of it and claimed I hadn't read the previous post.
By "reading previous posts" I meant Dejections posting. As he said, it is a "wild" game. This is a certain variation of chess with a different starting position. I play it myself on fics server sometimes. So it definitely can occur in a legal game.
Enjoy your problem. I'm done here.
12 Aug 08
Originally posted by crazyblueit is a matter of definition. it is the matter of who is entitled to give the definition. if it is not according to the FIDE tournament rules it is not a legal game.
hey relax, i didnt mean any offense. i guess its just a matter of definition. i played it in a legal game, so to me its a legal position. but thats just my opinion. 🙂
when i was young i played games where white is required to make two moves on match start, followed by two moves of blacks. it doesn't make it a legal game.
12 Aug 08
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Originally posted by ZahlanziNobody is claiming that this is an orthodox chess problem. The game is obviously a chess variant: a game, otherwise resembling chess, in which some of the rules are deliberately changed [in this case, the starting position].
it is a matter of definition. it is the matter of who is entitled to give the definition. if it is not according to the FIDE tournament rules it is not a legal game.
when i was young i played games where white is required to make two moves on match start, followed by two moves of blacks. it doesn't make it a legal game.
The legality arguments in this thread are thus a total waste of breath.