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Saturday 9 January 1965
9th day - 356 days to come

Telephone call from Bob Abbott. He has an idea for getting
more contact into ULTIMA. There is a neutral pc. that
is started in the center (he is thinking of using a 9 x 9
board[)]. When this is "captured" it doe is not removed
but then belongs to the player capturing it. It can move
be moved by that player 1 space orthogonally. It has
not capturing power. It has to be moved to the opponent's
home row in order to win the game. It, of course, can
be captured by the opponent, and so on. A flat pc. black
on one side and white on the other could be used. [Tried later & not so good]

    A correspondant of his suggested using a pc. that

could push others over the edge of the board. I
mentioned my TRACTION CHESS.