Henrik Juel: Black captured c7xd6x..x.h2 and once more with an officer
White captured a2xb3, b2xa3, f2xg3, and e.g. exf and once more
If Black may castle, last move was g7-g5 (not b7-b6, because of Lh3) (2022-04-26)
Henrik Juel: HC+ Popeye 4.61
The castling serves two purposes:
enabling the mate and legitimizing the ep capture
so the a posteriori legitimizing is impure (2022-04-26)
A.Buchanan: Yes Henrik. The absence of other candidate solutions (beginning e.p. but excluding 0-0) declines an opportunity to embed additional content, and is arguably an artistic defect. However this very early AP problem is sound, and purity of motive is just one school. IMHO, there is space for such problems, if other content compensates: e.g. 4k2r/p2ppp1p/p7/5PpK/8/1PBB2Pb/2PP2Pp/8 h#2* AP. (2022-04-27)
A.Buchanan: Yes Henrik. The absence of alternative candidate solutions (beginning e.p. but excluding 0-0) is misses the opportunity to embed additional content, and is arguably an artistic defect. However, the school which argues for purity of motive is just one school. The problem is sound, and there is space for such problems, particularly if fun retro logic compensates. Here, the AP solution is crying out to be the set play for a h#2.0, but that is not currently unique. (2022-04-27, hidden) more ...
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Henrik Juel: Black is missing [Lc8], which was captured on c8, and a rook
Last move was not c3xTb4, because sTc4's check is impossible, so White has the move (2020-10-01)
A.Buchanan: Shifting sLd6 to c5 removes the cooks. What's the artistic intent here though? (2021-10-16)
Henrik Juel: Maybe the unique h#2 try plays a role: 1.Le5 b6 2.d6 Lxg2# (2021-10-16)
A.Buchanan: In the h#2 try, b5-b6 is cool as the sole tempo move available to White. However there are plenty of *pairs* of White moves e.g. Sxd1-f2, which lose two tempi. These lead directly to h#2.5 cooks, and I see no way to eliminate these without losing the h#2 try. (2021-10-17)
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A.Buchanan: Nice unique try! (2021-10-16, hidden)
Stefan Felber: Umwandlungsläufer b1! (2021-10-16, hidden) more ...
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