http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/09/05/escher-images-and-chess/ Steve Eddins manages the Image & Geospatial development team at <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/">The MathWorks</a> and coauthored <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/support/books/book5291.html?category=-1&language=-1">Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB</a>. He writes here about image processing concepts, algorithm implementations, and MATLAB.<br><br><img> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:02:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/09/05/escher-images-and-chess/#comment-21037 ismail Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:59:12 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/09/05/escher-images-and-chess/#comment-21037 i love chess keep posting :) can we make a web cam identify a chess set ? so we have a roboarm plays for real with us ? it will look fun .. it's like the computer having grew arm and playing with you .. i love chess keep posting :)
can we make a web cam identify a chess set ? so we have a roboarm plays for real with us ? it will look fun .. it’s like the computer having grew arm and playing with you ..

]]> http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/09/05/escher-images-and-chess/#comment-21035 Navan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:54:39 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/09/05/escher-images-and-chess/#comment-21035 While black is going to win with a smothered mate, it is hard to see what moves would have led to this position. For black, the queen must have started from one of the squares in the diagonal c5-f2. White must have made a blunder to allow this to happen. If it is an artificially set up position why is there a rook at a3. Probably just to connect with the castle on the left. While black is going to win with a smothered mate, it is hard to see what moves would have led to this position. For black, the queen must have started from one of the squares in the diagonal c5-f2. White must have made a blunder to allow this to happen. If it is an artificially set up position why is there a rook at a3. Probably just to connect with the castle on the left.

]]> http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/09/05/escher-images-and-chess/#comment-21034 Doug Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:29:47 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/09/05/escher-images-and-chess/#comment-21034 Forced 'smothermate' is about to happen, with the added insult of threatening the queen on the final move too. Forced ’smothermate’ is about to happen, with the added insult of threatening the queen on the final move too.

]]> http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/09/05/escher-images-and-chess/#comment-21033 Viton Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:50:48 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/09/05/escher-images-and-chess/#comment-21033 Let's give it a try: - RxQ : White Rook takes black Queen (White King was checked, can't take Queen, due to Bishop) - Nf2 checkmate : Black Knight at f2 Let’s give it a try:
- RxQ : White Rook takes black Queen (White King was checked, can’t take Queen, due to Bishop)
- Nf2 checkmate : Black Knight at f2

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