3177: Chessboard Alignment
| Chessboard Alignment |
 Title text: Luckily, the range is limited by the fact that the square boundary lines follow great circles. |
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...Honestly, kinda don't get this one... --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 02:27, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
- ohhhhhh... --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 02:28, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
wait how do comments workAvrayter (talk) 02:52, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
I don’t understand what the title text is saying. Can someone explain it to me? Logalex8369 (talk) 03:05, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
when I read the title, I thought of D&D Alignment, and now I want one 93.36.184.70 07:31, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
Chess Notation?
I think a funnier title text would've been: Bfi8(!!!) Fephisto (talk) 06:22, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
Modern physics?
I suspect allusions to modern physics. The exact alignment of chess boards reminds me of the exactness needed to build laser resonators. The chess piece hopping from one board to another reminds me of quantum tunneling. The title text reminds me of light following geodetic lines in general relativity. There might be a specific quantum effect that is meant here, but I don't know. 195.52.146.164 06:29, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
For anyone wondering: This is not legal, because even though "The bishop may move to any square along a diagonal on which it stands" FIDE defines a diagonal as "A straight line of squares of the same colour, running from one edge of the board to an adjacent edge", meaning it always ends on the edge. 85.76.137.112 07:29, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
Moving from one board to another reminds me of a variety of chess variants. You know the ones: bughouse chess, Alice chess, 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel. (I'm still trying to find a way to get Randall to try out that last one.) ISaveXKCDpapers (talk) 10:01, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
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Should this comic go in Category:Comics_with_color? --175.34.54.104 11:33, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
The game position
I think in white's position, the only moves that could prevent ...Nd5# are Qa4+, Qxd4, and various moves to e2. I don't hold out much hope for white. To me, this says the bishop move is a desperate attempt by the bishop to survive a bit longer. It made a king sacrifice. --Divad27182 (talk) 13:54, 6 December 2025 (UTC) Add comment
