🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <31E49848.19BD@sympatico.ca>, David Bowers
<yorkshire@sympatico.ca> writes:

>I almost go cross-eyed looking at a position on a board set up
incorrectly.
>
>You calculate in your head. It is important that in your mind, the square

>b4 be a dark square, that g6 be a light square etc. This must be
consistently
>so for reliable mental imaging purposes. Ask a master "What colour is the
>square 
>c6?" You'll get the correct answer in less than a second. Mental
calculations
>are 
>based on always having the square colours the same, game after game. 
>
>Cheers,
>
>Dave
>
>

I doubt that color has anything to do with calculation.  The game could be
played on a colorless board (like that used in Go) without interfering
with the thought process. How many boards these days are truly black and
white?  Most are green and beige. The first board most beginners buy have
squares in red and black.

Convention alone has dictated that the "white-colored" rook square on the
first rank be on the player's right.  Convention has now been codified
into a rule.