1D Chess

#1

Post by burnt-resistor » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC

1D Chess
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Re: 1D Chess

#2

Post by naorz » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 3:52 PM UTC

Fun stuff, love it!

#3

Post by tkapin » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

Nice! :)

#4

Post by schmeichel » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC

Finally, a version of Chess I can understand. Thank you.

#5

Post by asibahi » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

This is really nice.

Incidentally, there is an actual 1D game that is one of the most popular games on the planet: Backgammon.

#6

Post by sieste » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

It took me an embarrassing number of attempts to win.

#7

Post by bbx » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC

Oh very interesting. Even with these restrictions, there are quite a few variations, and it seems only one ends up with white winning.

#8

Post by lschueller » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC

Cool idea. This is smart and lean. I like it

#9

Post by tintor » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC

The first move is always: white rook takes black rook, then the only remaining move for black is to move the knight away, which results in checkmate.

#10

Post by vladde » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC

i could not beat it, and i can't read that chess notation