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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 7 Mar 1995.
Re: Request for ASCII chessboard

Re: Request for ASCII chessboard

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.

      |\      _,,,---,,_		ipe...@its.brooklyn.cuny.edu
ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_		ipe...@vaxa.crc.mssm.edu
     |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'		Igor Pechtchanski
    '---''(_/--'  `-'\_) fL	a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-.  Meow!

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From: Igor Pechtchanski <ipe...@its.brooklyn.cuny.edu>
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Subject: Re: Request for ASCII chessboard
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 12:35:49 -0500
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