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- From: wellerd@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (David Weller)
- Subject: Re: Please read; ASCII chessboard
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.155829.25164@sei.cmu.edu>
- Keywords: chessboard
- Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews)
- Organization: Ada Joint Program Office
- References: <Dec.22.11.20.38.1992.6612@genesis.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:58:29 EST
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- In article <Dec.22.11.20.38.1992.6612@genesis.rutgers.edu> miklas@genesis.rutgers.edu (Keith Miklas) writes:
- >
- >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_______________________________________
- >[remainder deleted for sanity's sake]
-
- Allow me to summarize: YUK! X-P
-
- I applaud your efforts, but find the board visually difficult to
- read. This is like those damn "collector" boards, with wizards,
- dragons, cartoon characters, or civil war "heros". The "noise
- level" is too high to make any sense. I'd suggest sticking to
- something more "tried and true", like the simple display used
- in the unix "chess" program:
-
- 8 R N B Q K B - R
- 7 P P P P P P P P
- 6 - * - * - N - *
- 5 * - * - * - * -
- 4 - * - p - * - *
- 3 * - * - * - * -
- 2 p p p * p p p p
- 1 r n b q k b n r
-
- a b c d e f g h
-
- Here we see the board after 1. e4 Nf6
-
- I'm not claiming this is the "bee's knees" of chessboards,
- just that I find it simple enough to read.
-
- Comments welcome. Flames routed to /dev/null
-
- Duffy Patzerfish.
-
-