Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To George Duke wrote on Tue, Jul 10, 2007 04:55 PM UTC:Crossbishop and Venator(2006, Winther), having bifurcation modes, are new pieces in the argument. (Venator's two legs mandatory, Crossbishop's 'if and only if' capturing) 8 V___P___ ___ ___P___K___P___ ___S___ V = Venator, Rooklike then 7 ___ ___P___P___C___P___W___P___ ___ over one 45-degree to B 6 P___E___D___ ___ ___ ___U___ ___P___ S = Crossbishop, moves Rook, iff 5 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___F___E___ ___P capturing leaps one then 45-d 4 ___ ___n___p___a___b___p___ ___ ___p C = Cannon; E = Elbow Rook 3 ___ ___m___ ___a___ ___r___ ___ ___p W = Wolf F =Fox (2-turn riders) 2 l___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___Q___ ___l___p D = Dragon, 5-square multipath 1 p___ ___ ___p___k___p___ ___ ___p___p U =Quintessence; l = alfil a b c d e f g h i j a = cardinal; m = Marshall If Pawn-d1 moves or Pawn-f1, one of Elbow Rooks has path. If Marshall-c3 moves, Venator has path a8-a7-a5-b4-c3-d2-e1. If Knight-c4 or Pawn-d4 moves, Dragon has one or two pathways. If either Cardinal-e3 or -e4 moves, Cannon has path(illegal). If Bishop-f4 moves, Wolf has pathway g6-f5-f4-f3-f2-e1. If Rook-g3 moves, Crossbishop has pathway i8-i7-i5-h4-g3-f2-e1. If Pawn-g4 moves(captures), Fox has pathway g5-g4-f3-e2-e1. If Queen-g2 moves, Quintessence has pathway. King cannot move because of Elbow Rook-b6. (14) Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID ProblemThemes does not match any item.