From: Benjamin Good ANDREW CMU EDU> Date: 27 jan 1997 Subject: Re: tsume tenjiku shogi Excerpts from mail: 20-Jan-97 Re: tsume tenjiku shogi by Colin Paul Adams@COLINA. > As a result, not only is the problem short (only three suicide moves), but it > is actually imperfect (at the end, White can interpose his Fire~Demon, forcing > you to capture it with a non-suicide move). > Excerpts from mail: 20-Jan-97 Re: tsume tenjiku shogi by Colin Paul Adams@COLINA. > I challenge people to compose a longer problem where every move is suicide > (if White puts up the best defence), including the last (if possible). well, since i am not a good tsume solver, i am not a good tsume composer either. and since you considered your problem to be slightly flawed, i decided to simply take your original problem and extend it slightly. here it is: 10,+sm,5/14,FL,RC/14,BT,K/13,FID,2/16/sm,10,c,p,p,p,1/16/15,b/16/16/16/6,lhk,+l n,dh,7/5,hf,b,dh,8/16/14,dk,rc/16 btw, i am still looking for someone to play tenjiku shogi with via email. let me know if you're interested. ben