From: miklas@genesis.rutgers.edu (Keith Miklas)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Please read; ASCII chessboard
Keywords: chessboard
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:20:39 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


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_______________________________________

 .....     .....     .....     .....                             
 .....     .....     .....     .....               #      o          
 .....     .....     .....     .....              ###    OOO    pawns    
      .....     .....     .....     .....              	                 
      .....     .....     .....     .....         ###    OOO	         
      .....     .....     .....     .....         ###    OOO    rooks	 
 .....     .....     .....     .....    	  	             	 
 .....     .....     .....     .....    	  \+/    \+/         	 
 .....     .....     .....     .....    	  ###    OOO    kings	 
      .....     .....     .....     .....                        	 
      .....     .....     .....     .....         \|/    \|/	       	 
      .....     .....     .....     .....	  ###    OOO   	queens 	 
 .....     .....     .....     .....   	            	       		 
 .....     .....     .....     .....   	           \      \            	 
 .....     .....     .....     .....              ###    OOO    bishops	 
      .....     .....     .....     .....	                       	 
      .....     .....     .....     .....	   (>     (>           	 
      .....     .....     .....     .....	  ###	 OOO   	knights	 
 .....     .....     .....     .....		                	 
 .....     .....     .....     .....		                	 
 .....     .....     .....     .....		                	 
      .....     .....     .....     .....                        	 
      .....     .....     .....     .....	                	 
      .....     .....     .....     ..... 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^end cut here^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 		   
					                        	 
					                        	 
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IMPORTANT: VIEWING A POSITION

When I made this chessboard, I found that it fit perfectly on 24 lines.
This may result in the board being clipped if you are on a conventional
monitor and are attempting to view a position from inside your mail
reader.  If this is the case, simply output to a file, and cat it.
If you're lucky enough to have a Sun, Next, or the like, then this is not
a problem for you.  I don't believe there are any post-1980 terminals out
there (besides maybe cash registers or TRS-80's maybe) that have less
than 24 line monitors.
					                        	 
MAKE SURE there are no blank spaces/lines at the end of the board if you're
going to cat it.  i.e.			                        	 
					                        	 
                                                            		 
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
 .....     .....     .....     .....                                     
      .....     .....     .....     .....                                
      .....     .....     .....     .....     		   
      .....     .....     .....     ..... X <-- EOF should be HERE!
					    		   

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 .....     .....     .....     .....                             
 .###.  (> ../.. \|/ .\+/.  /  ..(>. ###                           
 .###. ### .###. ### .###. ### .###. ###                           
      .....     .....     .....     .....         Opening Position 
   #  ..#..  #  ..#..  #  ..#..  #  ..#..                          
  ### .###. ### .###. ### .###. ### .###.                          
 .....     .....     .....     .....                               
 .....     .....     .....     .....                               
 .....     .....     .....     .....                               
      .....     .....     .....     .....                          
      .....     .....     .....     .....                          
      .....     .....     .....     .....                          
 .....     .....     .....     .....                               
 .....     .....     .....     .....                               
 .....     .....     .....     .....                               
      .....     .....     .....     .....                              
      .....     .....     .....     .....                          
      .....     .....     .....     .....                          
 .....     .....     .....     .....     			  
 ..o..  o  ..o..  o  ..o..  o  ..o..  o  			  
 .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO 			  
      .....     .....     .....     .....			  
  OOO ..(>.  /  .\|/. \+/ ../..  (> .OOO. 			  
  OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO. 


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 .....     .....     .....     .....                               
 .###.     ../.. \|/ .\+/.  /  ..... ###                           
 .###.     .###. ### .###. ### ..... ###         Ruy Lopez         
      .....     .....     .....     .....                          
      ..#..  #  ..#..     ..#..  #  ..#..        1. e4  e5         
      .###. ### .###.     .###. ### .###.        2. Nf3 Nc6        
 .....     .....     .....     .....             3. Bb5 a6         
 ..#..     ..(>.     .....  (> .....             4. Ba4 Nf6        
 .###.     .###.     ..... ### .....             5. O-O            
      .....     .....     .....     .....                          
      .....     .....  #  .....     .....                          
      .....     ..... ### .....     .....                          
 .....     .....     .....     .....                               
 ..\..     .....     ..o..     .....                               
 .OOO.     .....     .OOO.     .....                               
      .....     .....     .....     .....                          
      .....     .....     ..(>.     .....                          
      .....     .....     .OOO.     .....                          
 .....     .....     .....     .....                    
 ..o..  o  ..o..  o  .....  o  ..o..  o                 
 .OOO. OOO .OOO. OOO ..... OOO .OOO. OOO                
      .....     .....     .....     .....               
  OOO ..(>.  \  .\|/.     .OOO. \+/ .....                       
  OOO .OOO. OOO .OOO.     .OOO. OOO .....