Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 6 Mar 1995.
Request for ASCII chessboard
alt.ascii-art
· 2 messages · 6 Mar 1995 - 7 Mar 1995
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
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"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"
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From: sam...@hertz.njit.edu (Samir Chopra)
Subject: Request for ASCII chessboard
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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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