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Betza notation (extended). The powerful XBetza extension to Betza's funny notation.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
💡📝H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, Dec 23, 2022 07:16 AM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from 03:37 AM:

Unfortunately this is not so easy, because BadZone only gets the locust squares passed. Not the pieces jumped over. The non-destructive intermediate squares are not part of the internal move representation. But I suppose BadZone could be made such that it scans the board for high-rank blockers along the path from origin to destination itself.

BTW, I have played Tenjiku at high level according to 'modern' rules, where the King can be jump-captured. To my surprise this was very playable, and not too unbalanced. If you know the correct opening lines. Which my Tenjiku engine was able to determine.

In addition I came to realize that the King has highest rank does not necessarily have to refer to capture. Originally I thought that outlawing jumping over a King only would be pointless, as you would never be interested in doing that when you could also capture it. But it could also refer to your own King. So the evidence that historic rules did not allow King capture is starting to get flimsy.