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Subject: Re: ASCII chess boards

Author: Adrien Regimbald

Date: 02:02:49 06/06/00

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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
>>
>>
>>                                      Albert Silver
>
>
>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


I use a slightly different one that I think looks a touch nicer.. (a bit more
centered :P)

  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
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

Regards,
Adrien.



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