それでも歩は寄せてくる | Week 1 Discussion ♟

[Jiell]

@MrGeneric

しかいない still has me somewhat uneasy regardless of which way this is intepreted. Is the “somebody else is not in” (better English fit would be, “nobody else is in,” but I’m being very literal on purpose to make sure I intepreted this correctly) the right thought process then?

I think there was a discussion about this in I believe the grammar question thread recently.
Edit: If found the discussion about it: Short Grammar Questions (Part 1) - #7599 by Leebo

Since しか ~ない has that negation, I think of it more as “other than”.
So 私しか = other than me
いない = negative of いる = to not be
私しかいない将棋部 = The Shougi-club with no one other than me in it.