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An instrument for chess

Music Chess

The pieces live in sound. Files a–h are one rising scale, counted as you go: one tap on a, eight on h. A home note sits under the others, so you hear the distance. Ranks 1–8 are plucked the same way. Each piece has its own voice. A high tick is white, and a low knock is black. A move is that voice, then the file, then the rank.

Visibility

Board. Every piece. A move waits until the file and the rank have sounded.
Fading. The same board. Untouched pieces sink after a few seconds.
Echo. A dark grid. Landing lights the nearby squares, then they close.
Sound. The position is put away. The keys stay.
Pure. No letters and no counted taps. Pitch only, and faster.

Elo 1500

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Piece, then file, then rank.

1 · Rank

2 · File

3 · Piece

Linger Volume

Moves