From: grimbergen <at> MACPOST <dot> PSYCH <dot> KUN <dot> NL
Date: 11 jan 1993
Subject: Re: Tsume of the week (7)

>
>Thanks for the tsume.
>
>I note that you have changed the notation in the solutions in that moves are
>now numbered. You had not done this before (I believe that is the usual
>Japanese way of doing things.). Is this a permanent change orwas it just a
>one-off 'aberration'? I ask because I am saving and formatting all these tsume
>- printing them off every week to fit into the lid of my pocket shogi set, and
>I like to maintain a constant format.
>
 
I wasn't aware of the difference until you pointed it out. I will try to
remember to keep a constant format and leave the numbers out (I geuss there are
enough numbers in a solution already).
 
>Also I note that so far there have been 2 3 move, 2 5 move and 2 7 move
>problems in each batch of tsume. Is this to be the standard format also?
>
 
I don't think so, since I will try to slowly increase the difficulty of the
tsume problems. This means the three movers will gradually become five-movers,
the five-movers seven-movers and the seven-movers will become nine-movers. Since
 
I don't want to spoil the surprise (and since you don't know the actual number
of moves to mate in an actual game) I will not warn you of these changes in
advance.
 
Reijer Grimbergen