I thought this article was going to be about how chess at its core is a game about intersecting lines or crosses (+ or x). Also, there are really interesting id

I thought this article was going to be about how chess at its core is a game about intersecting lines or crosses (+ or x). Also, there are really interesting ideas that could be explored around why a rook on a bare board always controls the same number of squares no matter where it is placed, but for other pieces like the bishop or the knight, they control more squares the closer they are to the center of the board.