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Good question! The way I think of it, the time dimension isn't relevant because you can make moves because of it. In regular chess, you don't need to keep trac
by tripplyons 6y ago
Good question!
The way I think of it, the time dimension isn't relevant because you can make moves because of it. In regular chess, you don't need to keep track of a 3-dimensional game when playing, only the most recent 2D board (and sometimes the one before it for en passant). For that reason, I consider it 2D.
- V-2 6y agoI get your point, but you also have to keep track of castling rights. If King or Rook have moved at any point (not necessarily on previous move), you can't castle even if they're in their starting position again.
- leetcrew 6y agoin addition to V-2's point about castling, there are some other rules in chess that depend on the previous state of the board: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threefold_repetition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threefold_repetition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fivefold_repetition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fivefold_repetition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty-move_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty-move_rule I guess you could argue these are league rules and not part of the fundamental game of chess.