39-cell ascii chessboards, part 1
From Fred Lucite <har...@the.coffee.table>
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· 26 Aug 2006 23:28 · View full thread
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There were 14 entries in the 1998 contest for 39-"square" chess-
boards, which commemorated the 39th birthday of the organizer of the
website that became www.chessvariants.com. I drew up ascii diagrams
for all of them but I believe this is the first time these ideas
have been publicly published anywhere in 1) ascii format, and 2)
analyzed and categorized by concept.
So as to avoid super-lengthy postings, I'll break this down into
several smaller postings.
VARIETIES OF 39-CELL BOARDS:
board #1 = form 1.1.1
=====================
cell shape #1 = squares
concept #1 = central zone of 3 wide ranks, plus shorter edge ranks
version #1 = 7x3 (21 square) center, with 3 edge ranks
notational dimensions = 7 files, 9 ranks
+---+
9 | |
+---+---+---+
8 | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+
7 | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
6 | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
5 | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
4 | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
3 | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+
2 | | | |
+---+---+---+
1 | |
+---+
a b c d e f g
SUBMISSIONS IN THIS FORM: #1 -- Thirty-Nine Squares Chess (TNS),
by Andy Kurnia. #2 -- Heaven, by Rob Nierse. #7 -- Reality Check,
by Andrew Juell.
======================================================================
board #2 = form 1.1.2
=====================
cell shape #1 = see above
concept #1 = see above
version #2 = 7x3 (21 square) center, with 2 edge ranks
notational dimensions = 7 files, 7 ranks
+---+---+---+---+
7 |###| | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+
6 | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
5 | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
4 | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
3 | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
2 | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+
1 | | | |###|
+---+---+---+---+
a b c d e f g
SUBMISSION IN THIS FORM: #15 -- Ben39, by Ben Good.
========================================
board #3 = form 1.1.3
=====================
cell shape #1 = see above
concept #1 = see above
version #3 = 9x3 (27 square) center, with 2 edge ranks
notational dimensions = 9 files, 7 ranks
+---+---+---+
7 | | | |
+---+---+---+
6 | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
5 | | | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
4 | | | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
3 | | | | | | | | | |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
2 | | | |
+---+---+---+
1 | | | |
+---+---+---+
a b c d e f g h i
SUBMISSION IN THIS FORM: #9 = king & queen, by dennis xay voong.
(continued in next posting)
--
>>>----------------------------------------------<<<
>>> david moeser -- erasmus39 on yahoo <<<
>>> Censornati, Ohio - USA <<<
>>>----------------------------------------------<<<
* Draw no dray a yard onward *
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