From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-06-22T00:00:16+09:00
Subject: Re: [SOLUTION] Chess Variants (II) (#36)

On Jun 21, 2005, at 9:47 AM, Glenn Parker wrote:

> Well, I didn't think we were talking about (just) standard chess here.

Very true, changing the rules of the game does complicate this.

> 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.

On the other hand, it's impossible to plan for all the variations of  
chess, so we can't let that bug us too much.  Some variations do away  
with check entirely (like Extinction Chess in this week's quiz).

It's probably more important to ensure that check is extendable and/ 
or replaceable, as needed.  See my solution to Fairy Chess for an  
example of this.

James Edward Gray II