[Ads-l] X-dimensional chess

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

There is also hyperchess. There seem to be a few different chess
variants called hyperchess.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyperchess

http://carusos.org/Hyperchess/hyperchess.html

Sometimes hyperchess refers to higher-dimensional chess. The hyper
prefix in hypercube also refers to higher-dimensions.

Wiktionary has this for hyper cube

[Begin excerpt]

1. (geometry) A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is
analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the
n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n.

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On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Creaky oldsters will recall the first time we saw Spock playing
> three-dimensional chess on board the old Enterprise back in 19 and 66.
>
> Recently a Trump supporter on TV explained that the president constantly
> plays "four-dimensional chess."
>
> Last night on CNN another one assured viewers that, while it may not seem
> that he's doing anything about Russian bad behavior, he's  working hard
> *behind* the scenes, in ways we can know nothing about. The explanation was
> that, as a successful businessman, Mr. Trump plays "eight-dimensional
> chess" his wonders to perform.
>
> And in the words of a GB author,  "Not even Garry Kasparov could grasp the
> basic principles of eight-dimensional chess."
>
> Myself, I prefer extradimensional chess  (68 Google hits). It enables me to
> work out most of my schemes in parallel dimensions until such time as I
> care to reveal them in this existential sector.
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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