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Subject: Re: Discrete Movements in Chess

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 14:31:27 12/15/99

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On December 15, 1999 at 15:10:05, Dan Ellwein wrote:

>Hi
>
>Wanted to post this to the group and see if (somewhat) accurately captured the
>different movements (as defined below) in chess.
>
>     CHESS TABLE OF MOVEMENT
>
>     Capture/NonCapture  NonCapture Only  Capture Only
>  1   KBRQ                P                P
>  2   NBRQ                KRP*
>  3   BRQ                 R**
>  4   BRQ
>  5   BRQ
>  6   BRQ
>  7   BRQ
>
>TOTAL  7                  3                1
>
> *Castle Queen side(K), castle King side(KR), first move of Pawn(P)
>**Castle Queen side(R)
>
>There are 11 discrete Movements in chess (represented by the 6 types of pieces)
>
>Movement is a function of: Type(3) and Magnitude(7)
>
>Type: Capture/NonCapture
>      Capture Only
>      NonCapture Only
>
>Magnitude: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (number of squares)
>
>Only the Pawn(P) has a 'Capture Only' characteristic.
>
>The King(K) and Pawn(P) are limited to a Magnitude of 1 and a one time Magnitude
>of 2.
>
>The Knight(N) has a fixed Magnitude of 2.
>
>The Knight(N) is listed the least: 1 time.
>
>The Rook(R) is listed the most:  9 times.
>
>Only Magnitude 2 contains all 6 piece types.
>
>PilgrimDan

There is also got en-passant, which is weird.  Your post is hard to understand,
by the way.

bruce




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