Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 7 Mar 1995.
Line: Chess
rec.arts.ascii
· 4 messages · 7 Mar 1995 - 14 Mar 1995
||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | white black || r || n || b || q || k || b || n || r | ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | e2-e4 | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | p || p || p || p || p || p || p || p || | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | || || || || || || || || | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| Anyone want to | || || || || || || || || play with me? | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | || || || || || P || || || | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | A few days ago | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| someone asked a | || || || || || || || || chess bourd, I | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| can't find his ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | address now! I || P || P || P || P || || P || P || P | hope he can find ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | this. | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | R || N || B || Q || K || B || N || R || made by | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| zhu...@vax.sbu.ac.uk
This probably belongs in rec.games.chess, but what the heck!
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a b c d e f g h
Although if we're going to keep this up, we should find a shorter way of
trancribing the board... Any suggestions?
|\ _,,,---,,_ 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!
In article <3jii2r$qe...@gagme.wwa.com>, zhu...@vax.sbu.ac.uk%Pa...@paradigm.co.jp (zhu...@vax.sbu.ac.uk,Paranet) writes:
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|> ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | white black
|> || r || n || b || q || k || b || n || r | ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|> ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | e2-e4
|> | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |||||||
|> | p || p || p || p || p || p || p || p ||
|> | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |||||||
|> ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |
|> || || || || || || || || |
|> ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |
|> | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| Anyone want to
|> | || || || || || || || || play with me?
|> | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |||||||
|> ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |
|> || || || || || P || || || |
|> ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | A few days ago
|> | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| someone asked a
|> | || || || || || || || || chess bourd, I
|> | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| can't find his
|> ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | address now! I
|> || P || P || P || P || || P || P || P | hope he can find
|> ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| | this.
|> | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |||||||
|> | R || N || B || Q || K || B || N || R || made by
|> | ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| zhu...@vax.sbu.ac.uk
|>
How about this one?
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a b c d e f g h
--Tiri
/\ Anastos 'Tiri' Sotiris
/vvvvvvvvvvvv \--------------------------------------,
`^^^^^^^^^^^^ /====================================="
\/ ana...@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Sorry to post this again, but... Here are the pieces... +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |:nun:| =%' |:(\):| (+) |:(W):| (/) |:`%=:| nun | |:]@[:| /[ |:]@[:| ]@[ |:]@[:| ]@[ |:]\::| ]@[ | |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ | +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | @ |::@::| @ |::@::| @ |::@::| @ |::@::| | @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 | |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) | +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | nun |:=%':| (\) |:(+):| (W) |:(/):| `%= |:nun:| | ] [ |::/[:| ] [ |:] [:| ] [ |:] [:| ]\ |:] [:| | (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ And if you leave out the lines in between the squares you can just squeeze the board onto a 24-line display like a vt320. |:nun:| =%' |:(\):| (+) |:(W):| (/) |:`%=:| nun | |:]@[:| /[ |:]@[:| ]@[ |:]@[:| ]@[ |:]\::| ]@[ | |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ | | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | @ |::@::| @ |::@::| @ |::@::| @ |::@::| | @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 | |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) | | nun |:=%':| (\) |:(+):| (W) |:(/):| `%= |:nun:| | ] [ |::/[:| ] [ |:] [:| ] [ |:] [:| ]\ |:] [:| | (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| -- Richard Kirk 01483-448869 (phone) 01483-448845 (fax) Canon Research Europe Ltd, ra...@canon.co.uk
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