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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 Sun, Feb 25, 2024 04:33 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Fri Feb 23 09:05 PM:

The Reflecting Bishop (for a single reflection) is yafoabyasB. To the edge, one more step back and forthe to test whether you ran into it, and then continue again as slider in the perpendicular direction. [B-oF-bF-sB] in bracket notation. I gues even [oB-bF-sB] would do (but would generate moves in duplicat when already on the edge).

I was thinking that this would be a good Case Study for the page. Also, I had the thought that (yafoabyas)4B might allow for a full rectangle on a square board (or omitting the 4 to allow unfettered reflecting on a rectangular board), but that doesn't appear to be the case.