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Claudio Martins Jaguaribe wrote on Sat, Oct 21, 2006 04:50 PM UTC:
A doubt strucked me.

The 1, 2, 3, 4 squares range is a absolute value (no matter the size of
the board) or a n/2 range (where n=8)?

Looks silly to ask that, but, in a 8x8 board the piece crosses 1/2 board
in a move, but in a 12x12 it just crosses 1/3, while a n/2 piece would
still crossing 1/2 board.

In a rectangular board the things could be worse, after all wich number
should be used to get the number of squres crossed, or in a odd shaped
one?

Well, regarding the 1st question I don't really know an answer.

About the 2nd, the lowest number should be used in the equation (round
down), and in a odd shape is a case by base situation, but, as a rule of
thumb treat the board as square or rectangular (which fits best) and do
the math.