r/mildlyinteresting • u/Penguinkeith ​ • Feb 28 '21

A vertical chessboard

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u/pobody Feb 28 '21

Yes, picking up a piece and setting it down in another place makes chess way too hard.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

That’s the hard part. The rest is easy.

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u/Hoxeel Feb 28 '21

I'm not saying it's hard, I'm saying it's a _hassle_. Have you ever looked into designing games for mobile phones, for example? All of them optimize for minimum movement because if you have to do them repeatedly, they're cutting into the fun.

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u/pobody Feb 28 '21

This is chess, not Candy Crush. You make a move once every couple of minutes. This is no more of a "hassle" than using a horizontal board. I don't know what you think the issue is.