X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,d82d3396f4218666,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-10 00:32:43 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: Igor Pechtchanski Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: Line: ASCII chessboard Date: 9 Mar 1995 23:34:13 -0600 Organization: City University of New York/University Computer Center Lines: 52 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <3joocl$4gd@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com On 6 Mar 1995, Samir_Chopra_ wrote: > Subject line says it all. I'm trying to get a game of chess going > via E-mail and a ascii chessboard would help a great deal. > Thanks bunches. Please e_mail. > Samir > -- > "If the only thing wrong with a theory is that it offends pre-theoretic > intuitions, well, then, maybe the thing to do is to fix those intuitions" > - JF "Rabbit Redux" a b c d e f g h .------------------------------------------. | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 8 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 8 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 7 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 7 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 6 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 6 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 5 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 5 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 4 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 4 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 3 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 3 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 2 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 2 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 1 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | 1 | ##### ##### ##### ##### | `------------------------------------------' a b c d e f g h You can use the standard notation for the pieces (K for king, Q for queen, R for rook, B for bishop, N for knight and P for pawn. You can distinguish black and white by either the case (lowercase - black and uppercase - white) or by adding a W or a B before or after the letter. |\ _,,,---,,_ ipechtch@its.brooklyn.cuny.edu ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ ipechtch@vaxa.crc.mssm.edu |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow!