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Trigonal Chess. Translating chess onto triangles in a natural way. (9x17, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Sat, Mar 18, 2023 06:35 AM UTC:

Interesting. I understand the idea. However several moves do not appear as "natural" for me. That notion of "naturally" is certainly very subjective and depends on who considers it.

The notation is not clear for me. I would recommend a void diagram on which each cell is identified with its coordinates.

The Rook is OK for me.

The Bishop is not. I am surprised to see the cells it may reach. Moreover I am not sure to understand which path it follows to reach these cells. I recommend to show the paths as well on the diagram.

The Knight is partly strange for me. OK for the 3 cells which are not on Rook's paths, they look natural for a Knight-equivalent. For the 6 others, they are like Dabbaba-equivalent. But, why not defining the Knight as such. OK.

I have a problem with the Bishop. As the matter of fact, this lies in how you define a diagonal for a triangle. That would deserve an explanation. You speak of diagonal but not all readers will catch it. Me, I confess I don't.

Don't take bad this feedback. Again, it's interesting.