George Duke wrote on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 10:34 PM UTC:
''To you insane world / But one reply --I refuse.'' -- Marina Tsvetaeva
Mutual stalemate is how this thread, ProblemThemesTwo, started in 2007.
http://www.chessvariants.org/usualeq.dir/msaprobl.html
Mutual assured destruction. Stalemate from the outset in two set-ups of
the two comments of 14.July.2007 and 7.July.2007. In both, neither Pawn nor
piece can move by either side, whoever goes first. The first 4 of the 13 comments are the relevant ones. There is no filtering mechanism, nor Pawns advanced past mid-board. It keeps full strength 50% piece density. It takes some of the wildest heterodox pieces imaginable. Only certain tailored exotics will do -- from Winther, Gilman, Betza, Duke -- all the 4 top formulators. They include elsewhere related ProblemThemes1, which shows just White unable to move legally in over 20 more example boards. The explanations for the double stalemates are below each board 14.July.2007 and 4.July.2007 by scrolling back these posts ''all messages'' above. Give it up is the fashioned theme, go do something else for a change, for there's no way to play it out, or even any first move. Beyond zugzwang. The one here 14.July uses Murmillo of Winther, Divergent Chess Rook and 5-stepping multi-path Dragon to advantage. The one 6.July uses 6-stepping Phoenix. The final frontier, a marvel to behold and thankfully nary a motion. As far as I know, Sam Loyd and T.R. Dawson did not try out the idea. As long promised, for your own good, you'll never move again. By these boards, for everybody's own good. Sam Loyd and T.R. Dawson have no odd rules-set, not one, so why should you? The only approach is scientific. The other (here we go again) is ''I like...''