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anaphaxeton

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2D? Chess
« on: May 18, 2019, 10:05:59 am »


What notation could describe it?

You hear a lot about intellectual heavyweights playing labyrinthine games of 4D chess. You are not so good, so you think you'll try your hand at 2D chess, and work your way up.
You think so, anyway. Maybe you should make a move.
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2019, 10:49:00 am »

PTW. Also, this is a hyperbolic board, I think.
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2019, 03:26:12 pm »

PTW. Also, this is a hyperbolic board, I think.
You think that this is a "square" board drawn on Gabriel's Horn, a sort of anti-sphere. You aren't sure. You don't have any reference for anything.
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2019, 03:29:29 pm »

...Huh. I've no idea how the notation for this would even work, so...

Move the King's Pawn two squares forward.
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2019, 04:35:17 pm »

...Huh. I've no idea how the notation for this would even work, so...

Move the King's Pawn two squares forward.


1a.
You move the pawn in front of the King two squares forward, and ponder notation. You're going to need to become an intellectual who can play chess online without GLORIOUS NOTATION or an intellectual who can make any sort of notation for any sort of situation if you're going to play 4D chess!


1b - e.
Black and Red move in concord with you, both making the equivalent of an e4 opener. Blue and Yellow move their kingside knight.

What next?
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2019, 04:49:28 pm »

Adding the colour as a reference, we should be able to build notation from this. Thus our last move would be 'White e4'. Of course, that means the same square could potentially have four different names, but it's a start.

Anyway, I suggest we move the Queen to 'White g4'.
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2019, 05:17:50 pm »

Adding the colour as a reference, we should be able to build notation from this. Thus our last move would be 'White e4'. Of course, that means the same square could potentially have four different names, but it's a start.

Anyway, I suggest we move the Queen to 'White g4'.

2a. Q/Wg4
You find a nice notation: just treat the whole thing like a series of seven rank chessboards, with two extra rows. You'll call the leftmost one z, and the rightmost one i. Maybe, just maybe, you could do better. Maybe you can't.
You move your queen to White's g4.


2b. P/Nd3.
2c. B/Rb5.
2d. N/Yf3.
2e. P/Bb4
Black advances a pawn. Red moves a bishop to what feels like the centre of the world. Yellow moves out a knight, threatening Red -- but that Blue, that Blue threatens you! You and your queen.
Who are these people you're playing against, anyway? And what next?
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2019, 09:21:15 pm »

QxWh5
Alternative notation: QxBb4
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2019, 08:02:55 am »

QxWh5
Alternative notation: QxBb4
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2019, 11:21:29 am »

QxWh5
Alternative notation: QxBb4

3a. QxWh5.
You capture the damned pawn.


3b. N/Nc3.
3c. B/Ra6
3d. P/Ye4
3e. P/Bc3
Black opens without opposition. Red has fun with their bishop. Yellow seems like they want to castle. Blue threatens your queen, again.
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2019, 01:25:43 pm »

It should be noted here that both Black and Blue hold the ability to "snipe" their Queens to either side of our King.
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2019, 02:03:09 pm »

Okay, question... what pieces does our Queen threaten right now? I need to know more about the way she interacts with the strange shape of the board.
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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2019, 08:56:28 pm »

Hm... Let me see. Looks like we'd swoosh past Red Bishop... wow.

We only threaten three pawns and a knight. Queens are dangerous indeed, but not now. Now, we

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« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2019, 08:29:50 am »

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Re: 2D? Chess
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2019, 09:18:39 am »

PTW. Might participate later.
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