Actually, Hyperchess4D or whatever I'm calling it now to avoid duplicate names is essentially 2D translated to a 4D board. While most people do 4D chess as basically 2D x 2D = 4D, I went with 2D + 2D = 4D, figuring that by eliminating all the 3D and 4D diagonals, the game becomes humanly playable without computer assistance.
I've been called many things; neurotypical hasn't been one until now! :)
Given the fact that roughly 1 person in 10,000,000 (a rough calculation I did a few years ago) is a prolific chess variantist, I would question the "normality" of most of the people who post here. All in all, we have to be a strange group when compared to the "average" person. Not better or worse, but significantly different. (And, fwiw, my "super power" was extreme concentration, to the extent that I did not hear people talking to me while literally standing right in front of me when I was concentrating. Age has slowed me down, but I can still do it for limited times.)
Finally, I suspect [W+F] would actually be a little easier - the 2+1/1+2 slide is always orthogonal, allowing 2 potential blocking squares, and the W+F starts orthogonally then cuts right to the chase, insteadof going that extra square. And if I weren't sitting in a hospital bed right now, I'd have more to say. Later.
Actually, Hyperchess4D or whatever I'm calling it now to avoid duplicate names is essentially 2D translated to a 4D board. While most people do 4D chess as basically 2D x 2D = 4D, I went with 2D + 2D = 4D, figuring that by eliminating all the 3D and 4D diagonals, the game becomes humanly playable without computer assistance.
I've been called many things; neurotypical hasn't been one until now! :) Given the fact that roughly 1 person in 10,000,000 (a rough calculation I did a few years ago) is a prolific chess variantist, I would question the "normality" of most of the people who post here. All in all, we have to be a strange group when compared to the "average" person. Not better or worse, but significantly different. (And, fwiw, my "super power" was extreme concentration, to the extent that I did not hear people talking to me while literally standing right in front of me when I was concentrating. Age has slowed me down, but I can still do it for limited times.)
Finally, I suspect [W+F] would actually be a little easier - the 2+1/1+2 slide is always orthogonal, allowing 2 potential blocking squares, and the W+F starts orthogonally then cuts right to the chase, insteadof going that extra square. And if I weren't sitting in a hospital bed right now, I'd have more to say. Later.