Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 01:32:47 10/23/98
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On October 23, 1998 at 01:23:30, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On October 22, 1998 at 23:27:48, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On October 22, 1998 at 20:30:35, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On October 22, 1998 at 13:03:26, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>
>>>> a b c d e f g h
>>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>>8 | |///| |///| |///| |///| 8
>>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>>7 |///| |///| |///| B |/p/| | 7
>>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>>6 | |///| |///| P |///| |///| 6
>>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>>5 |///| |///| |///| |/p/| P | 5
>>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>>4 | |/b/| |/k/| |/P/| |///| 4
>>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>>3 |///| |///| |///| K |///| | 3
>>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>>2 | |///| |///| |///| |///| 2
>>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>>1 |///| |///| |///| |///| | 1
>>>> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>>>> a b c d e f g h
>>>Someone was looking for a better way to display a chessboard using only
>>>characters some time ago in r.g.c.c. I would just like to comment that this is
>>>the best I have ever seen. I hope whoever was looking for it finds this.
>>
>>
>>Boy do I disagree. :) IE how about those pawns on f4, g5 and h5? What
>>color are they?
>B,B,W
>Maybe [p], #p# or even *p* would be better for black, but I could see it right
>off.
>
>>I would *not* want to analyze using that (or any ascii board in fact).
>Well, I agree there, but if it _HAS_ to be ASCII, I like this layout a lot.
I found Bruce's board visually appealing but had difficulty figuring out the
colours of pawns and pieces. For what its worth, here is the ascii board from
my program lambChop. I find it pretty easy, but then I'm used to it...
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8 |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|
7 |__|__|__|__|__|WB|bp|__|
6 |__|__|__|__|WP|__|__|__|
5 |__|__|__|__|__|__|bp|WP|
4 |__|bb|__|bk|__|WP|__|__|
3 |__|__|__|__|__|WK|__|__|
2 |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|
1 |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|
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