Author: Albert Silver
Date: 13:09:32 06/05/00
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On June 05, 2000 at 12:00:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On June 05, 2000 at 10:57:04, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On June 05, 2000 at 07:49:11, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>>
>>>Hi programmers!
>>>
>>>I would like to see how you print an ASCII chess board. At the moment my ASCII
>>>board looks like this:
>>>
>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>8 |=R=|=N=|=B=|=Q=|=K=|=B=|=N=|=R=|
>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Black: Steffen (1800)
>>>7 |=P=|=P=|=P=|=P=|=P=|=P=|=P=|=P=|
>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Black material: 41.72
>>>6 | | | | | | | | |
>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>5 | | | | | | | | |
>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ White to move
>>>4 | | | | | | | | |
>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>3 | | | | | | | | |
>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ White material: 41.72
>>>2 | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ White: Hossa v1.81 (C) (2400)
>>>1 | R | N | B | Q | K | B | N | R |
>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>> a b c d e f g h
>>>
>>>Best wishes,
>>>Steffen.
>>
>>Here is the one from Chess Assistant 5:
>>
>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> 8 | R*| N*| B*| Q*| K*| B*| N*| R*|
>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> 7 | P*| P*| P*| P*| P*| P*| P*| P*|
>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> 6 | | | | | | | | |
>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> 5 | | | | | | | | |
>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> 4 | | | | | | | | |
>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> 3 | | | | | | | | |
>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> 2 | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> 1 | R | N | B | Q | K | B | N | R |
>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>> a b c d e f g h
>>
>
>
>I copied this from the chess servers several years ago:
>
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> 8 | *R| *N| *B| *Q| *K| *B| *N| *R|
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> 7 | *P| *P| *P| *P| *P| *P| *P| *P|
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> 6 | | | | | | | | |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> 5 | | | | | | | | |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> 4 | | | | | | | | |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> 3 | | | | | | | | |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> 2 | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> 1 | R | N | B | Q | K | B | N | R |
> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
> a b c d e f g h
Yes, it's quite standard. EPD2DIAG likewise uses the same. It's a few steps
above the pieces of bread used as pieces as in Zweig's "The Chess Player". :-)
Albert Silver
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