From: Glenn Parker Date: 2005-06-21T23:47:06+09:00 Subject: Re: [SOLUTION] Chess Variants (II) (#36) James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Jun 20, 2005, at 8:10 PM, Glenn Parker wrote: > >> Um, no. Double check does not rule out everything but moving the >> king. Read the last sentence of my original reply again. > > I'm a tournament chess player and I assure you it's only possible to > leave double check by moving the king (in standard chess). Well, I didn't think we were talking about (just) standard chess here. The point of the two-part quiz was to examine the flexibility necessary to handle chess variants. If one assumes that check situations can always be simplified according to standard chess logic, then that seems like a potential weakness in the system. -- Glenn Parker | glenn.parker-AT-comcast.net |