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Date: 04 Sep 2008 12:56:43
From: M Winther
Subject: The Correlator
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It is amazing how well it works! A piece that captures in correlation
with the king. After a Correlator move, enemy pieces are captured (1)
at the intersections of the orthogonals (2) at the intersections of
the diagonals (on which king and Correlator are placed). So capture
occurs at queen move distance from the king, at rectangular and
triangular intersection points. The Correlator can capture several
pieces at once. A Zillions program and more information is here:
http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/correlatorchess.htm
Mats
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Date: 04 Sep 2008 13:24:06
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: The Correlator
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M Winther <[email protected] > wrote:
> It is amazing how well it works! A piece that captures in correlation
> with the king. After a Correlator move, enemy pieces are captured (1)
> at the intersections of the orthogonals (2) at the intersections of
> the diagonals (on which king and Correlator are placed).
Argh. That's a fascinating idea but I think it would breay my brain
to try to play with it. Does it capture at the intersection of a
diagonal with an orthogonal? Or just at ortho-ortho and diag-diag
intersections?
By the way, I'd suggest co-ordinator as a better name -- correlation
is a statistical phenomenon.
Dave.
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Date: 04 Sep 2008 19:20:32
From: M Winther
Subject: Re: The Correlator
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Den 2008-09-04 14:24:06 skrev David Richerby <[email protected] >:
> M Winther <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It is amazing how well it works! A piece that captures in correlation
>> with the king. After a Correlator move, enemy pieces are captured (1)
>> at the intersections of the orthogonals (2) at the intersections of
>> the diagonals (on which king and Correlator are placed).
>
> Argh. That's a fascinating idea but I think it would breay my brain
> to try to play with it. Does it capture at the intersection of a
> diagonal with an orthogonal? Or just at ortho-ortho and diag-diag
> intersections?
>
> By the way, I'd suggest co-ordinator as a better name -- correlation
> is a statistical phenomenon.
>
>
> Dave.
>
It captures only at ortho-ortho and diag-diag. I have tried diag-ortho, but it
didn't work. Of course, this is good training for the brain, but what's so
surprising is that it works fine, also for a human brain. After all, the king is
a rather stationary piece, so it's easy to predict where the capture squares
are.
Mats
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Date: 04 Sep 2008 13:24:47
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: The Correlator
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David Richerby <[email protected] > wrote:
> I think it would breay my brain
Break it so badly I wouldn't be able to type, for example.
Dave.
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