Caterpillar Display
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Caterpillar Display
I read today of the term "Caterpillar Display".
Anyone else heard of this and know what it means?
Anyone else heard of this and know what it means?
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Re: Caterpillar Display
Not sure if this is what you mean but in education for the very young a sequence of events can be given written on a caterpillar.
For example the colours of the rainbow could be written in order (or coloured in) on a picture of a caterpillar with a round head and 7 round body parts, with legs on every second or third segment.
It is supposed to aid learning.
For example the colours of the rainbow could be written in order (or coloured in) on a picture of a caterpillar with a round head and 7 round body parts, with legs on every second or third segment.
It is supposed to aid learning.
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Re: Caterpillar Display
Thanks Alex,
The term was used by BH Wood...
The term was used by BH Wood...
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Re: Caterpillar Display
Never heard of it - could it be something like a single row of boards with players making a move (maybe on a buzzer to ensure synchronisation?) then moving to the next board? Players on the end boards would play White then Black in successive moves in the same game...
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Re: Caterpillar Display
It is probably a simultaneous display where several (e.g. 4) people take on the multitude. So expert 1 plays move 1, you reply, and expert 2 plays a move etc. They tend to arrive quite quickly and frequently confuse each other. A "centipede" simul was played at the Royal Mint in 1923, and I expect it is the same thing by a different name.
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Re: Caterpillar Display
I assume we are discussing BH Wood's Easy Guide To Chess (Cadogan) which I believe provides a definition of the term.
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Re: Caterpillar Display
B.H. Wood's guide is here: (page 142 explains a caterpillar display)
https://issuu.com/sucatapopo/docs/easy_ ... ._h._wood_
https://issuu.com/sucatapopo/docs/easy_ ... ._h._wood_
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Re: Caterpillar Display
I played in 1 of those years ago at the Polish Club in Bury
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Re: Caterpillar Display
Sounds reasonable as a centipede might have more legs, but I thought the two player version was a tandem simul?
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Re: Caterpillar Display
Correct except I was reading the 1944 third edition from Sutton Coldfield.JustinHorton wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:18 pmI assume we are discussing BH Wood's Easy Guide To Chess (Cadogan) which I believe provides a definition of the term.
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Re: Caterpillar Display
The closing dinner at the London Chess Classic used a variant on that theme.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/london-ch ... -and-simul
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Re: Caterpillar Display
It is a pity that this modern version lacks the charming photographs of the Sutton Coldfield editions.Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:45 pmB.H. Wood's guide is here: (page 142 explains a caterpillar display)
https://issuu.com/sucatapopo/docs/easy_ ... ._h._wood_
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