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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by bo1024 on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:15PM (#34374661)
How much space do pieces take up? I.e. how close do their centers have to be for them to intersect and block or be captured?
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Re:Analog Chess – pieces are not constrained to a grid by ehulinsky on Saturday January 14, 2023 @02:16AM (#34378028)
They have a diameter of 0.7 squares but that can be changed in the code. As it is they are just below sqrt(2)/2 so that the bishops can escape diagonally.
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