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Time Travel Chess. Pieces can travel into the Future. Kings can also return to the Past! (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝Gary Gifford wrote on Fri, Sep 8, 2006 08:27 PM UTC:
Abdul-Rahman Sibahi; I now see that I had mis-read your question; and
therefore gave a useless answer.  Sorry about that... I am fighting a
headache and ear-ache so I can easily mis-read things.

You asked, If there are two kings on the board, and one of them travelled
back to the time when there was only one king .. and you still have two
kings on the board. The question is : is this legal, or does the king
which didn't travel get lost in time ?  

Yes, that is perfectly legal.  And the King that remained in the future is
not lost in time.  'Losses in time' happen during time travel when a
piece cannot land when it is supposed to.  It happens when traveling to
the future, as that is when landing back on the board can be a problem (if
a check is in progress).  When traveling backward in time we do not see the
'lost in time' problem.  I hope this answer helps.