Ingo_Zachos wrote:Try to make it clear who moves in which direction
On problems.php , I have who's turn and the result. I was using who's turn it was to imply the board orientation. What do you think after looking at http://draughts.info/problems.php ?
matthewkooshad wrote:Also, which is better on the eyes: 1 or 2?
looks better. The second one has white light squares, and that green and white bite my eyes.
You should better always have the red single corner on the right hand side. Note also that the problem is inperfect as the piece on 5 could also be a king, and that difference would not change the idea or outcome.
Greetinx from sunny Dortmund, Germany
Ingo Zachos
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Ingo_Zachos wrote:You should better always have the red single corner on the right hand side.
I don't understand what you mean. The red single corner is on the right side -- the top right side. The white single corner is on the bottom left side. It's white's turn, thus the position is viewed from white's perspective. Is this bad? What do you mean about the single corner of red? Thanks for your help
You put the square 32 on the right bottom side. i.e white's base line is at the bottom. (White moving up the board) This is bad, as you always switch and confuse your readers! Better to use red's base line always at the bottom, i.e. square 1 at the right bottom. (Red moving up the board)
In all other cases the reader will be mistaken about the direction where the single pieces move! For example, this diagram is a drawn position if you believe square 1 is on the right bottom side (squares 1 and 5 r the red double corner, squares 32 and 28 r the white double corner), i.e. you r in the red double corner.
It is very important to keep a consistant method, that is to keep the red double corner always on the right bottom side, with red moving up the board. In all other cases you only confuse your readers, as it is only a win here with white moving up the board, but might be totally different in the next problem... It is very optimistic, but completely illlogical to believe the reader always thinks the winning side is "moving up the board", and what do you do in cases where a draw is the solution (Payne's draw for example) ? Keep it logical and consistant, as switching sides is only causing confusion.
Greetinx from Dortmund, Germany
Ingo Zachos
P.S: I apologize that i mistook the single corner with the double corner at my last posting, but I was tired and you see, "errare humanum est"...
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Patrick, this is what I was thinking too. I am trying to understand Ingo's point of view; I appreciate him stressing it so much, so there must be a big level of importance in the method he's proposing. When I play Internet checkers or checkers in person, I am only viewing from red's perspective if I am playing red. When it's white's turn, I always thought it logical to view from white's perspective. At vog when you play against yourself, it was default option to flip the board after each move so you see from the perspective of the color which is to move. I'm not sure; I am still thinking about this.
