[Retros] The Problemist July 2010

[Joost de Heer]

On Mon, July 19, 2010 6:56 pm, Joost de Heer wrote:

> 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.


Alain Brobecker told me that the definition of Shrink chess used for the
composition in The Problemist is different:

The intended Shrink Chess definition is:
An *EDGE* file or rank disappears if unoccupied.
(eg: 1.a4 b5 2.axb5 Nc6 3.Rxa7 Rb8 4.Rb7 a-file disappears)