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Betza notation (extended). The powerful XBetza extension to Betza's funny notation.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Bob Greenwade wrote on Thu, Feb 22, 2024 03:50 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from 06:50 AM:

The colon notation strikes me as being quite elegant, and an improvement over blastZone. Writing these things out as part of the piece move is always much easier. (Now if only there was a way to write the Withdrawer as simply as you just did the Advancer!)

To make sure I'm understanding this right, though: A Bowman would be N:fN, and a Detonator's detonation would be mpabK:cdK.

I think, though, that you'd need some sort of indicator of whether the capture was optional or mandatory. Perhaps ' or + after a mandatory capture, or putting an optional one in parentheses.

Addendum: If the colon notation is used to replace blastZone, it might (I say, might) still be possible to use that variable, creating a sort of "area effect" on mid-move captures.

PS: I don't think cc is actually implemented yet, is it?