jpulgarin comments on A puzzle - Less Wrong

-6 Post author: Thomas 14 April 2012 06:55AM

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Comment author: jpulgarin 14 April 2012 07:45:23AM 1 point [-]

So the set of pieces you can use is eight pawns, one queen, one kind, two bishops, two knights, and two rooks?

Can the bishops be placed in squares of the same colour?

Comment author: Thomas 14 April 2012 08:14:49AM 0 points [-]

Yes. Put a piece anywhere you want. And there is no "en passant", no "promotion" and no "castling" and no two step pawn move. If anything of these would matter anyhow.

Comment author: faul_sname 20 April 2012 01:29:22AM 0 points [-]

Promotion definitely would matter.

Comment author: Thomas 14 April 2012 07:52:49AM 0 points [-]

Yes. They can be placed anywhere. Pawns on the first or the last line, too.