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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 19 Jul 2000.
Re: Ascii Chess

Re: Ascii Chess

In article <8l3rvm$3mleu$5...@ID-31902.news.cis.dfn.de>, Philipp Schwartz
<phi...@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Andrea Rimicci schrieb:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm thinking to setup an online chess game, and I'd like to use
> > ascii-pieces, aka pawn, king, queen, and so on, but I'd like to have
> > not more than 5 lines for each piece.
> > Any hint/help ???
> > Andrea
> >
> > obascii:
> >   __
> >  (  )
> >   ||
> >  /  \
> >  ====
> > 5 line pawn
> 
> 1                                             www www  _+_ _+_
> 2    _   _    ,^.  ,^.   o    o    uuuu uuuu  \ / \#/  \ / \#/
> 3   ( ) (#)  (  �\(##�\ ( /) (#/)  |  | |##|  ( ) (#)  ( ) (#)
> 4   / \ /#\  |  \�|##\� /  \ /##\  /  \ /##\  / \ /#\  / \ /#\
> 5   === ===  ==== ====  ==== ====  ==== ====  === ===  === ===PhS
> 
> Philipp

Beautiful chess pieces, Philip. I have taken the liberty of altering
them to eliminate the nonstandard character though.

 1                                             www www  _+_ _+_
 2    _   _    ,^.  ,^.   o    o    uuuu uuuu  \ / \#/  \ / \#/
 3   ( ) (#)  (  '\(##'\ ( /) (#/)  |  | |##|  ( ) (#)  ( ) (#)
 4   / \ /#\  |  \�|##\� /  \ /##\  /  \ /##\  / \ /#\  / \ /#\
 5   === ===  ==== ====  ==== ====  ==== ====  === ===  === ===PhS

Here are some chess pieces and boards I created some time ago for online
chess playing.
                         .    +
         L-|  /')  (\)  ) (  ) (   o
          U    U    U   ) (  ) (   U
  ejm    [_]  [_]  [_]  [_]  [_]  [_]

                        .    +
         L-|  /')  (\)  )#(  )#(   o
          U    U    U   )#(  )#(   U
  ejm    [#]  [#]  [#]  [#]  [#]  [#]

             __________________.____+_________________
             | L-| :/'}: (\  :)#(: )#( ::/): {'\ :L-|:|
             8  #  ::#::  #  :)#(: )#( ::#::  #  ::#::|
             |_[#]_:[#]:_[#]_:[#]:_[#]_:[#]:_[#]_:[#]:|
             |::o::  o  ::o::  o  ::o::  o  ::o::  o  |
             7::#::  #  ::#::  #  ::#::  #  ::#::  #  |
             |:[#]:_[#]_:[#]:_[#]_:[#]:_[#]_:[#]:_[#]_|
             |     :::::     :::::     :::::     :::::|
             6     :::::     :::::     :::::     :::::|
             |_____:::::_____:::::_____:::::_____:::::|
             |:::::     :::::     :::::     :::::     |
             5:::::     :::::     :::::     :::::     |
             |:::::_____:::::_____:::::_____:::::_____|
             |     :::::     :::::     :::::     :::::|
             4     :::::     :::::     :::::     :::::|
             |_____:::::_____:::::_____:::::_____:::::|
             |:::::     :::::     :::::     :::::     |
             3:::::     :::::     :::::     :::::     |
             |:::::_____:::::_____:::::_____:::::_____|
             |  o  ::o::  o  ::o::  o  ::o::  o  ::o::|
             2  U  ::U::  U  ::U::  U  ::U::  U  ::U::|
             |_[_]_:[_]:_[_]_:[.]:_[+]_:[_]:_[_]_:[_]:|
             |:L-|: /'}  :(\: ) ( :) (:  /)::{'\: L-| |
             1::U::  U  : U : ) ( :) (:  U  ::U::  U  |
             |:[_]:_[_]_:[_]:_[_]_:[_]:_[_]_:[_]:_[_]_|
             ''a'''''b''''c''''d'''''e'''f''''g''''h'''


     _______________________________
  8 |bR |bKn|bB |bQ |bK |bB |bKn|bR |
    |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
  7 |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |
    |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
  6 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
    |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
  5 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
    |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
  4 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
    |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
  3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
    |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
  2 |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |
    |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___| 
  1 |wR |wKn|wB |wQ |wK |wB |wKn|wR |
    |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
      a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h

     _______________________________
  8 |bR |bKn|bB |bQ |bK |bB |bKn|bR |
    |___|###|___|###|___|###|___|###|
  7 |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |
    |###|___|###|___|###|___|###|___| 
  6 |   |###|   |###|   |###|   |###|
    |___|###|___|###|___|###|___|###|
  5 |###|   |###|   |###|   |###|   |
    |###|___|###|___|###|___|###|___|
  4 |   |###|   |###|   |###|   |###|
    |___|###|___|###|___|###|___|###|
  3 |###|   |###|   |###|   |###|   |
    |###|___|###|___|###|___|###|___|
  2 |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |
    |___|###|___|###|___|###|___|###|
  1 |wR |wKn|wB |wQ |wK |wB |wKn|wR |
    |###|___|###|___|###|___|###|___|
      a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h



      _______________
  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




                        /')      /   /   /   /
 Check &       .  __/___/A__/__+/___/___/___/
 Guardez!     (X)  /   /[_]/  (X)  /   /   /
          /___)X(_/___/___/___)X(_/___/___/   ejm96
         /   /[x]/   /   /   /[X]/   /   /
        /___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/




NOTE: I never pick up my mail from the yahoo address. If you
are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent";
its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
-- 
             ,^^%--- ha     I love to pretending
           __>_/ \ ha       to know something about Chess
       &..#  >          ha
      [____]_>,^  llizard aka ejm  cq547@freene+.+oronto.on.ca
  ejm | //|| |       http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/

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