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1 puzzle by Jack Reuter
with Jim Horne comments
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I liked this more than Jeff did for a few reasons:
- I'm a sucker for novelty, and this puzzle is undoubtedly innovative.
- The layout is a plausible end-game situation.
- The mate-in-one problem is non-trivial but simple enough for casual players to see.
- I care less about inelegancies than Jeff does.
Fun fact: this is the first 22x22 NYT crossword.
Update: One of the great things about the Internet (truly) is that when you say something stupid online, you get a flood of responses pointing out your, let's not say abject stupidity, but rather, uh, well, stupid is close. I previously somehow claimed that squares without circles or triangles were not legitimate chess symbols. Not even close. There are extra Rs, an extra N, and even an extra K (We Three Kings!) Even my first comment about innovation is incorrect. Patrick Blindauer created a similar puzzle in 2007 for the New York Sun, edited by Peter Gordon.
Thanks to all our loyal readers who called me out.