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Andy Lewicki wrote on Mon, May 19, 2003 04:33 PM UTC:
There are thousands of Chess Variants. Why there is so little attempts
to create a good line of Chess Solitaire games. Just for one player.
Do you have any ideas regarding this subject ?
Regards,
Andy Lewicki.

Tony Paletta wrote on Mon, May 19, 2003 11:26 PM UTC:
Since chess involves an interaction of at least two 'minds', one problem
may be trying to simulate the missing opponent. Man-vs-computer does a
pretty good job of creating a solitaire!

Rule-based moves (as in Chess Patience) or fixed, ordered lists of pieces
to move have been tried, but they lack the 'feel' of chess competition.
Problem solving (timed, possibly competitive, etc.) is a decent try at
creating a solitary chess-like activity.

Andy Lewicki wrote on Mon, May 19, 2003 11:55 PM UTC:
Thanks for your response. But ... someone can argue that for Bridge we need
4 brains, and for Cribbage we need 2 brains. But it doesn't prevent 
composers to create hundreds of card solitaires. Anyway, thank you.
Andy Lewicki.

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