Christopher Heckman wrote on Mon, Oct 29, 2007 05:05 AM EDT:
Modern Chess appeared in Andy Soltis's book Chess to Enjoy. There, Maura's organization was called FEMDAM, not FENDAM.
The real purpose of this post is as follows: The Eight Officers Problem is impossible. Since the goal of Modern Chess was to increase mobility, that suggests that the 'Nine Officers Problem' should have a solution.
The Eight Officers Problem, for traditional chess, is the following: Is it possible to take a king, a queen, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 2 rooks, and place them on a blank 8x8 board (with bishops on opposite colored squares) so that every square is attacked? (A piece does not attack the square it occupies.)
The Nine Officers Problem would be: Is it possible to take a king, a queen, a Prime Minister, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 2 rooks, and place them on a blank 9x9 board (with bishops on Same-colored squares) so that every square is attacked?
The real purpose of this post is as follows: The Eight Officers Problem is impossible. Since the goal of Modern Chess was to increase mobility, that suggests that the 'Nine Officers Problem' should have a solution.
The Eight Officers Problem, for traditional chess, is the following: Is it possible to take a king, a queen, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 2 rooks, and place them on a blank 8x8 board (with bishops on opposite colored squares) so that every square is attacked? (A piece does not attack the square it occupies.)
The Nine Officers Problem would be: Is it possible to take a king, a queen, a Prime Minister, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 2 rooks, and place them on a blank 9x9 board (with bishops on Same-colored squares) so that every square is attacked?