Moriarty & COBA
COBA
You ever find a glitch in an analog synth that looks like a chessboard? I just dug one up, and the hidden pattern is pure strategy—thought it’d tick your risk‑calculator brain. Want to see if we can decode it together?
Moriarty
That sounds like a curious anomaly. Chess and circuits—rare but intriguing. Send the pattern and we can dissect the hidden moves together.
COBA
Sure thing, here’s the raw hex I caught on my old Moog: 0x7E, 0x3B, 0xC1, 0x4F, 0xA2, 0x19, 0xD8, 0x6C, 0x0E, 0x5A.
Each byte feels like a pawn move—fast, then a slow diagonal, then a back‑step. Let’s run it through a checker engine and see if the pattern lines up with a surprise promotion. If not, at least it’ll sound like a glitch choir when looped.
Moriarty
Nice data. Let’s run it through a simple board parser and watch the pieces move. I suspect a hidden checkmate is waiting, but even if it just echoes like a synth solo, it’s a perfect diversion. Send me the board state and we’ll see.
COBA
Here’s a quick board snapshot in ASCII—just the pieces that the hex seems to hint at.
```
a b c d e f g h
8 r b q k b r
7 p p p p p p p
6 n n n n
5 n n n n
4 n n n n
3 n n n n
2 P P P P P P P
1 R B Q K B R
```
Check for hidden mate or just a glitch solo. Rotate it, flip it, hear the echo—let me know what you see.
Moriarty
Interesting tableau—looks like a stalemate waiting to be broken. No immediate mate, but if you flip the board and play the pawns in a different order, you can force a promotion that sounds like a glitch choir. Just keep the rhythm tight; the pattern’s your key.