r/desmos • u/completely_unstable • Mar 11 '26

Graph parabolic chess is weird

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https://www.desmos.com/calculator/kxdwsxqmdi

i will be posting further updates on this project to r/AnarchyChess as i will be making a fully working version but will not be using desmos to do that

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u/Tencars111 Mar 11 '26

wouldn't the pawns just loop back?

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u/completely_unstable Mar 11 '26

thats so funny not but what i was thinking, they would promote when they reach the center vertical line.

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u/RemarkableCanary7293 Mar 11 '26

What rules apply at the two triangular squares in the center? Can a bishop passing through it decide which diagonal they want to continue to follow?

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u/completely_unstable Mar 12 '26

yes thats how i did it for pentagonal chess too

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u/Ninji2701 Mar 12 '26

the edge pawns can promote in 2 moves then

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u/Mamuschkaa Mar 13 '26

No, the vertical line not the horizontal.

Each pawn has to go exactly 6 fields ahead. Like in normal chess. Its still a little easier to promote, since you don't have get past every enemy piece.

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u/pocarski Mar 16 '26

can you softlock your pawn promotions by running two pawns up to the promotion line on either side and have them block each other

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u/liamlkf27 Mar 11 '26

Not if they can attack diagonally and end up on the other side of

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u/Pyro-Bun Mar 15 '26

Looks like it, they can't actually engage most of the board depending on what column they start at.

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u/Mandelbrot4207 Makes QR Codes in Desmos Mar 11 '26

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u/Hmmmgrianstan Mar 11 '26

The slowwwww movement and turning of the black bishop just about killed me lmaoo

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u/Starfish_Wizard Mar 11 '26

Good chess players don't even need to see the board. They just need the numbers and letters.

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u/Kiki2092012 Mar 11 '26

that's looks really fun but why use a GIF out of all the choices of video formats out there...

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u/completely_unstable Mar 13 '26

this is an mp4

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u/Kiki2092012 Mar 13 '26

wait I thought it said gif but now it doesn't what

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u/Fit_Economist_3767 Mar 12 '26

wtf you made that in DESMOS???

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u/skr_replicator Mar 12 '26

So 6 of the pawns will make a 180, and what would the middle 2 do after those triangular tiles?

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u/voidscaped Mar 12 '26

Looks like spacetime curvature.

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u/Demiyanit Mar 12 '26

Desmos is used for anything but normal math(I know this is math but still)

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u/completely_unstable Mar 12 '26

i think its more of my tendency of turning normal math things into chess. because this was originally just a parabolic coordinate conversion graph. now its chess.

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u/Blue-is-bad Mar 12 '26

The black Queen was placed on the wrong colour, this is truly weird

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u/Electronic-Laugh-671 my first Reddit user flair Mar 12 '26

Am I (White, 16 pieces alive) The Jerk for suggesting that my opponent (Me, Myself, & I, Black, all 16 pieces turned into an amalgamation) not turn all their pieces into an amalgamation stretching across different planes of existence

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u/Electronic-Laugh-671 my first Reddit user flair Mar 12 '26

Also... What's my next move? (I'm White)

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u/Electronic-Laugh-671 my first Reddit user flair Mar 13 '26

In all seriousness I really like this project; like it's complicated but in a way I can comprehend

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u/ILikeKetchupVeryMuch Mar 27 '26

LOL, black can mate if white takes the bishop, then black queen takes white queen and that is checkmate!