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- From: miklas@genesis.rutgers.edu (Keith Miklas)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
- Subject: Please read; ASCII chessboard
- Keywords: chessboard
- Message-ID: <Dec.22.11.20.38.1992.6612@genesis.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:20:39 GMT
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
- Lines: 150
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-
- Hello.
-
- As I read the newsgroup there are many questions concerning a particular
- position. Most people will go with the conventional 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
- 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O etc... Mortals like myself require a
- chessboard to analyze a position. I don't know if anyone has tried to do
- this in the past, but I have created an ASCII chessboard with some examples
- below. I hope that people will use it to ask questions in the future.
- PLEASE direct all comments, problems, suggestions for improvements to
- miklas@remus.rutgers.edu. Cut and save the board below, and see what
- you think of the 2 examples.
-
- Thanks,
- --Keith
-
-
- ____________CUT Below this line_______________________________________
-
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... ..... # o
- ..... ..... ..... ..... ### OOO pawns
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... ..... ### OOO
- ..... ..... ..... ..... ### OOO rooks
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... ..... \+/ \+/
- ..... ..... ..... ..... ### OOO kings
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... ..... \|/ \|/
- ..... ..... ..... ..... ### OOO queens
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... ..... \ \
- ..... ..... ..... ..... ### OOO bishops
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... ..... (> (>
- ..... ..... ..... ..... ### OOO knights
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
-
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^end cut here^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- IMPORTANT: VIEWING A POSITION
-
- When I made this chessboard, I found that it fit perfectly on 24 lines.
- This may result in the board being clipped if you are on a conventional
- monitor and are attempting to view a position from inside your mail
- reader. If this is the case, simply output to a file, and cat it.
- If you're lucky enough to have a Sun, Next, or the like, then this is not
- a problem for you. I don't believe there are any post-1980 terminals out
- there (besides maybe cash registers or TRS-80's maybe) that have less
- than 24 line monitors.
-
- MAKE SURE there are no blank spaces/lines at the end of the board if you're
- going to cat it. i.e.
-
-
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
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- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
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- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... ..... X <-- EOF should be HERE!
-
-
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
-
-
-
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- .###. (> ../.. \|/ .\+/. / ..(>. ###
- .###. ### .###. ### .###. ### .###. ###
- ..... ..... ..... ..... Opening Position
- # ..#.. # ..#.. # ..#.. # ..#..
- ### .###. ### .###. ### .###. ### .###.
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
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- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..o.. o ..o.. o ..o.. o ..o.. o
- .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- OOO ..(>. / .\|/. \+/ ../.. (> .OOO.
- OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO.
-
-
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
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-
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- .###. ../.. \|/ .\+/. / ..... ###
- .###. .###. ### .###. ### ..... ### Ruy Lopez
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..#.. # ..#.. ..#.. # ..#.. 1. e4 e5
- .###. ### .###. .###. ### .###. 2. Nf3 Nc6
- ..... ..... ..... ..... 3. Bb5 a6
- ..#.. ..(>. ..... (> ..... 4. Ba4 Nf6
- .###. .###. ..... ### ..... 5. O-O
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... # ..... .....
- ..... ..... ### ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..\.. ..... ..o.. .....
- .OOO. ..... .OOO. .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..... ..... ..(>. .....
- ..... ..... .OOO. .....
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- ..o.. o ..o.. o ..... o ..o.. o
- .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO ..... OOO .OOO. OOO
- ..... ..... ..... .....
- OOO ..(>. \ .\|/. .OOO. \+/ .....
- OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. .OOO. OOO .....
-