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Add pieces

A specified or unspecified number of pieces must be added, so that the diagram becomes legal or a goal (e.g. #2) becomes achievable.

Sometimes the placement of the pieces can be determined independently of the goal. The #2 or whatever then a sort of secondary problem.

It would be incorrect generally to read such a problem as meaning e.g. "Add pieces so that #2 is without cooks."

An Illegal Cluster is another, very specific type of problem where pieces are added to the board. Those problems are generally not given the keyword "Add Pieces".