Rays

toc  =Ray Directions= Following [|Compass rose] gives the directions and single step increments of an 8x8 Board: code northwest   north   northeast noWe        nort         noEa +7   +8    +9              \  |  /  west    -1 <-  0 -> +1    east / |  \          -9    -8    -7  soWe         sout         soEa southwest   south   southeast code =See also= > On an empty Board >> Negative Rays >> Positive Rays
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 * [[image:Enlightenment .JPG link="http://wiki.huen-un-perduen.de/index.php?title=Datei:Frauenkopf_als_Symbol_der_Aufkl%C3%A4rung.jpg"]] ||~ || A **Ray** is part of a line from a starting square in one particular direction. Lines are either the orthogonal ranks and files or the diagonal lines, diagonals and anti-diagonals. The length of a ray varies from zero until seven squares. ||
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 * Anti-Diagonals
 * Diagonals
 * Direction
 * Files
 * Intersection Squares
 * Ranks
 * Sliding Piece Attacks
 * Vector Attacks
 * X-ray
 * X-ray Attacks (Bitboards)

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Extract direction (ray) informations from two squares] by Mathieu Pagé, CCC, June 18, 2013 » Direction, Square Attacked By
 * [|Table-less bitboards (bitrays?)] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, June 18, 2013 » Board Representation

=External Links= > Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, [|Joey Calderazzo], [|Jeff Andrews], [|Adam Nussbaum] > media type="youtube" key="tPUBp9uTLIw" width="560"
 * [|Ray from Wikipedia]
 * [|Stingray from Wikipedia]
 * Michael Brecker Band - Original Rays, [|Wiesen, Austria], July 9, 1989, [|YouTube] Video

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