These chess problems require you to understand the rules of chess. Assume White is on the bottom.
Expected difficulty Medium • Comment/E-mail if you want a solution to be published
Stipulation (12+13) White can still castle. Which unit made White’s last move? (Note that you’re not told whose move it is.)
Here’s one more. Apparently constructing chess compositions is harder than constructing logic puzzles…
These chess problems require you to understand the rules of chess.
Expected difficulty Medium • Comment/E-mail if you want a solution to be published
Stipulations Color the pieces so that there exists a game where this position is illegal due to FIDE Chess Law 5.2b (also known as Dead Reckoning), but legal otherwise.
Made from phone, so it’s hard to add comments, but it’s basically a really stupid problem. I might put the solution soon. And I’m expecting a cook here, that there exists other solutions I didn’t consider or something. But if there’s none then, well, good.
These chess problems require you to understand the rules of chess.
Expected difficulty Medium • Comment/E-mail if you want a solution to be published
Stipulations a) On what square was the rook on f1 at the beginning of the game? b) What color and piece is on h2 (the black circle)? Mention all pieces that can be on that square. (Just so part a is well-defined, I assure you at least one piece works.)
So here’s another one, which I should say is the best piece I’ve ever composed to date. (Yes, if this is the best piece then you know how beginner I am in compositions.) I might post some problems that aren’t composed by me, but I find interesting nevertheless…
Chaos at the Sky 