Square Distance

{
  "asOf": "2026-10-12T01:02:04.371Z",
  "bishopMoves": 1,
  "degraded": false,
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "fileDifference": 7,
  "from": "a1",
  "kingMoves": 7,
  "knightMoves": 6,
  "manhattan": 14,
  "notChecked": [
    "blocking pieces (the board is empty)",
    "legal-move restrictions such as pins",
    "…1 more"
  ],
  "queenMoves": 1,
  "rankDifference": 7,
  "reasons": [
    "King distance is the larger of the file and rank gaps; a bishop only ever reaches squares of its own colour."
  ],
  "rookMoves": 2,
  "sameColorSquares": true,
  "source": "computed locally (breadth-first search and geometry)",
  "summary": "a1 to h8: king 7, rook 2, bishop 1, knight 6 move(s).",
  "to": "h8",
  "verdict": "COMPUTED"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://chess-notation.x402tookit.com/square-distance?from=a1&to=h8'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://chess-notation.x402tookit.com/square-distance?from=a1&to=h8' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchess-notation.x402tookit.com%2Fsquare-distance
const res = await pay("https://chess-notation.x402tookit.com/square-distance?from=a1&to=h8");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://chess-notation.x402tookit.com/square-distance?from=a1&to=h8")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)