problemdom

The realm or sphere of chess problems.

Noun

  1. The realm or sphere of chess problems.
    • The deceptive MUTATE, or Complete Block-Change, is the "April Fool" idea of problemdom. In the Complete Pure Block any move by Black in the set position would allow White to mate, so that White needs only to find a...
    • One of the great names in problemdom and a founder of the neo-German school, von Holzhausen became a respectable tournament competitor late in life. - 2015, Andy Soltis, Chess Lists, second edition, page 219:

Origin

From problem + -dom.