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The fact that it doesn't highlight where you've moved already makes it no fun. Edit: the directions weren't super clear. I see that you're actually supposed t
by naet 4y ago
The fact that it doesn't highlight where you've moved already makes it no fun.
Edit: the directions weren't super clear. I see that you're actually supposed to go to every square in a specific order (first G8, then F8, E8, etc), not just visit them all in any order. That means you have to do a bunch of laborious trips around the queen to go to certain squares since you won't have enough room to maneuver directly there.
- spicybright 4y agoI agree, but I wonder if it's on purpose. I found the repo[1] and it's very small readme says it's a "Chess visualization exercise" So I'm wondering if it's an extreme exercise in memorization to help you visualize games better. (I'm just talking out my butt here, I know nothing about chess puzzles) [1]: https://github.com/jairtrejo/knight-moves https://github.com/jairtrejo/knight-moves
- hgsgm 4y agowhy would I practice visualizing not-chess information about chess pieces, when I could visualize actual chess information? The history of a pieces moves is irrelevant to chess, except in extreme corner cases of repetition.
- soperj 4y agoIt is, because you need to get to the square that's indicated, not any random square.
- gus_massa 4y agoThey should highlight the target square in the board instead of only writing it in the "clock".
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> should highlight the target square in the board instead of only writing it in the "clock". If it's a visualization exercise, they should not. Gaining intuition for notation is strangely enabling, particularly if you have an algebraic mind.
- fsckboy 4y agoyes, i have an algebraic mind, and I find it easy to visual where the squares are, and if you say "N-KP4", I'm Johnny-on-the-spot! now, what's this a-b-c stuff?
- chongli 4y agoN-KP4 is descriptive notation [1] which was the standard notation used in chess until about 1980. Ne4 is algebraic notation [2] which is the standard notation used in chess today (since 1980). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_notation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_notation [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)
- jessaustin 4y agoI'm relieved to see that the following is included at that link: The term "algebraic notation" may be considered a misnomer, as the system is unrelated to algebra.
- b4je7d7wb 4y agoThat's how I took it as well. Everyone talks about highlighting stuff but you don't get highlights in real games. I got more comfortable with knight manouvers and chess notation thanks to this puzzle. It should definitely have some visual tutorial for people to understand how it works though.
- ak_111 4y agoStill doesn't make it sense from a UX perspective. You can make it an option to highlight the square or just show coordinates and cater for both crowds.
- xg15 4y agoAh ok! If this is part of some sort of chess training course, this would make sense. Sadly, HN is really bad at presenting context for a submission.
- nighthawk454 4y agoTurns out you're supposed to do them one at a time, in order. Tracking the visited squares doesn't add much for that