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- Path: sparky!uunet!world!ekw
- From: ekw@world.std.com (Elliott C Winslow)
- Subject: Re: ASCII chessboard representation
- Message-ID: <Bzq86q.8Is@world.std.com>
- Summary: I like the look of 'o' and 'O' for pawns
- Sender: Elliott Winslow IM
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <15214.2b378299@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:16:01 GMT
- Lines: 49
-
- In article <Dec.22.11.20.38.1992.6612@genesis.rutgers.edu>
- miklas@genesis.rutgers.edu (Keith Miklas) writes:
- > 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
- Make that 1.d4 Nf6.
-
- In article <15214.2b378299@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- wagner@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
- > I use something like this, except with some neutral letter (like u)
- > in place of p to avoid the Pp confusion. Works for me.
- You mean you leave P, but turn p into u? Oh, well. Me, I prefer Oo:
-
- 1. d4 Nf6
-
- r n b q k b n r
- o o o o o o o o
- - - - - - n - -
- - - - - - - - -
- - - - O - - - -
- - - - - - - - -
- O O O - O O O O
- R N B Q K B N R
-
- 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5
- 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5
-
- r - b q - r k -
- - o o n n - b o
- - - - o - - o -
- o - - O o o - -
- - - O - O - - -
- O - N - - - - -
- - O - N B O O O
- - R B Q - R K -
-
- --elliott
-