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- From: wagner@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
- Subject: Re: ASCII chessboard representation
- Message-ID: <15214.2b378299@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:03:21 EST
- References: <Dec.22.11.20.38.1992.6612@genesis.rutgers.edu> <1992Dec22.155829.25164@sei.cmu.edu> <SJE.92Dec22163605@xylos.ma30.bull.com>
- Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Physics
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- > # In article <Dec.22.11.20.38.1992.6612@genesis.rutgers.edu> miklas@genesis.rutgers.edu (Keith Miklas) writes:
- > #> Hello.
- >
- > [Expository about ornate ASCII chess board display deleted.]
- >
- > #> ____________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.
- >
-
- I use something like this, except with some neutral letter (like u)
- in place of p to avoid the Pp confusion. Works for me.
-
- -Luke
-