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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I draw a circle sqrt(5) units in radius, then pick a target square based on whether that circle goes through the exact center of the square.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy hell anarchy chess is on lemmy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

It's one of the most active communities on my instance, which, as someone that never came across it on Reddit, has been hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

This is cheating

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

What the fuck

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

When my dad and grandpa were teaching me how to play chess, they told me that the knight moves in a "G" pattern. I could not for the life of me figure out how a G maps to what they showed me, so I figured out that it goes one diagonal, and then eitger one up if the diagonal was up, one down if it was down and the same reasoning for left and right. That's still how I visualize it.

Years later I realized that they meant the cyrillic G, which looks like this: Γ...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I always go around and attack from the back so they don't see it coming

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Option 1 and 2
Option 3 is for psychopaths

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Yes, welcome to the club

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish I was high on potenuse

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Get off your hypotenuse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Horsey obviously moves in 3D, that's how it jumps over other pieces

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought they originally teleported, but I was recently informed it was actually tetris blocks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In some editions, they can also clip through the tiles and move under other pieces

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

My mom says I can't play backroom tetris anymore.