X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,f1699d30bb8405c6 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: llizard Subject: Re: Chess (was: Mancala board) Date: 1997/12/16 Message-ID: <34968FC7.7A3F@freent.toronto.on.ca> X-Deja-AN: 298703477 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <66svp7$ns6$1@news01.micron.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: via Internetdirect, Canada; zone 5 (or is it 6A?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article , David Riley wrote: > > In article , Dave Bird---St Hippo of > Augustine writes > > > >To use "real" grafic pieces they could only be 3 characters high > > ................................................... > > ;:["]:: [@Zn :(\):: |M| ;:\W/:: (\) :[@Zn: ["] ; > > 8:/#\:: /#\ :/#\:: /#\ ;:/#\:: /#\ :/#\:: /#\ ; > > ;[###]:[###]_[###]:[###]_;[###]:[###]_[###]:[###]_; [snip] > These are excellent, great work :-) > One small mistake though - the board is the wrong way round, > there should be a white square in the bottom right. > > >This could be used to play chess by email. > > > >(Or perhaps someone wants to play a game on a newsgroup thread here?) > It would be interesting to see different variations of the game > developing in parallel as different people replied. Don't know > how long it would be considered on-topic though? > > I've turned the board around and made an opening move below: > > ................................................... > ; ["] :[@Zn: (\) :\W/::; [M] ::(\):: [@Zn :["]::; > 8 /#\ :/#\:: /#\ :/#\::; /#\ ::/#\:: /#\ :/#\::; > ;[###]_[###]:[###]_[###]:;[###]:[###]:[###] [###]:; > ;::():: () ::():: () ;::():: () ::():: () ; > 7::/\:: /\ ::/\:: /\ ;::/\:: /\ ::/\:: /\ ; > ;:[##]:_[##]_:[##]:_[##]_;:[##]:_[##]_:[##]:_[##]_; > ; :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; > 6 :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; > ;______::::::______::::::;______::::::______::::::; > ;:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; > 5:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; > ;::::::______::::::______;::::::______::::::______; > ; :::::: ::::::; () :::::: ::::::; > 4 :::::: ::::::; /\ :::::: ::::::; > ;______::::::______::::::;_[__]_::::::______::::::; > ;:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; > 3:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; > ;::::::______::::::______;::::::______::::::______; > ; () ::():: () ::()::; ::():: () ::()::; > 2 /\ ::/\:: /\ ::/\::; ::/\:: /\ ::/\::; > ;_[__]_:[__]:_[__]_:[__]:;______:[__]:_[__]_:[__]:; > ;:["]:: [@Zn :(\):: \W/ ;:[M]:: (\) :[@Zn: ["] ; > 1:/_\:: /_\ :/_\:: /_\ ;:/_\:: /_\ :/_\:: /_\ ; > :[___]:[___]_[___]:[___]_;[___]:[___]_[___]:[___]_; > '''a'''''b'''''c'''''d'''"'''e'''''f'''''g'''''h''' > > { { wwWWww } } David Riley dave@dmriley.demon.co.uk > { {(.)(.)} } http://www.dmriley.demon.co.uk I'll bite. (But I warn you, I'm a terrible player and can just manage to think one turn in advance.) ................................................... ; ["] :[@Zn: (\) :\W/::; [M] ::(\):: [@Zn :["]::; 8 /#\ :/#\:: /#\ :/#\::; /#\ ::/#\:: /#\ :/#\::; ;[###]_[###]:[###]_[###]:;[###]:[###]:[###] [###]:; ;::():: () ::():: ;::():: () ::():: () ; 7::/\:: /\ ::/\:: ;::/\:: /\ ::/\:: /\ ; ;:[##]:_[##]_:[##]:______;:[##]:_[##]_:[##]:_[##]_; ; :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; 6 :::::: ::::::; :::::: ::::::; ;______::::::______::::::;______::::::______::::::; ;:::::: :::::: () ;:::::: :::::: ; 5:::::: :::::: /\ ;:::::: :::::: ; ;::::::______::::::_[##]_;::::::______::::::______; ; :::::: ::::::; () :::::: ::::::; 4 :::::: ::::::; /\ :::::: ::::::; ;______::::::______::::::;_[__]_::::::______::::::; ;:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; 3:::::: :::::: ;:::::: :::::: ; ;::::::______::::::______;::::::______::::::______; ; () ::():: () ::()::; ::():: () ::()::; 2 /\ ::/\:: /\ ::/\::; ::/\:: /\ ::/\::; ;_[__]_:[__]:_[__]_:[__]:;______:[__]:_[__]_:[__]:; ;:["]:: [@Zn :(\):: \W/ ;:[M]:: (\) :[@Zn: ["] ; 1:/_\:: /_\ :/_\:: /_\ ;:/_\:: /_\ :/_\:: /_\ ; :[___]:[___]_[___]:[___]_;[___]:[___]_[___]:[___]_; '''a'''''b'''''c'''''d'''"'''e'''''f'''''g'''''h''' Those figures _are_ good. These are the smallest I've come up with (and the black pieces are less successful): . + [] () _,, () () )( )( "-=\~ )( )( () )( )( )( )( )( )( ejm97 /__\ /__\ /__\ /__\ /__\ /__\ . + [] () _,, () () )( )( "-X\~ )( )( () )( )( )( )( )( )( ejm97 /XX\ /XX\ /XX\ /XX\ /XX\ /XX\ NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- llizard aka ejm cq547@freenet.toronto.on.ca http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ _,, /. / /"-X\~ / + / / / / Check & /_()/___/___)(__/__()___/___/___/ Guardez! / )( / /XX\/ )( / / / /___)(__/___/___/___/)(_/___/___/ / /__\/ / / //__\ / / ejm97 /___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/