RE: Chess symbols

From: Marco Cimarosti (marco.cimarosti@essetre.it)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 07:39:18 EDT


Otto Stolz wrote:
> Viewing a chess-board in plain text, I deem an unrealistic
> expectation.

Why? All one needs is a CJK non-proportional font:

1. Grid only, no shades:
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
|♜|♞|♝|♚|♛|♝|♞|♜|
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
|♟|♟|♟|♟|♟|♟|♟|♟|
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
|♖|♘|♗|♕|♔|♗|♘|♖|
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
White to move and checkmate in 5 moves. (Sam Lloyd)

2. Shades only, no grid:

 ♜ #♞# ♝ #♚# ♛ #♝# ♞ #♜#
    #### #### #### ####
#♟# ♟ #♟# ♟ #♟# ♟ #♟# ♟
#### #### #### ####
    #### #### #### ####
    #### #### #### ####
#### #### #### ####
#### #### #### ####
    #### #### #### ####
    #### #### #### ####
#### #### #### ####
#### #### #### ####
    #### #### #### ####
    #### #### #### ####
#♖# ♘ #♗# ♕ #♔# ♗ #♘# ♖
#### #### #### ####

White to move and checkmate in 5 moves. (Sam Lloyd)

3. Both shades and grid:
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
| ♜ |#♞#| ♝ |#♚#| ♛ |#♝#| ♞ |#♜#|
| |####| |####| |####| |####|
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|#♟#| ♟ |#♟#| ♟ |#♟#| ♟ |#♟#| ♟ |
|####| |####| |####| |####| |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
| |####| |####| |####| |####|
| |####| |####| |####| |####|
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|####| |####| |####| |####| |
|####| |####| |####| |####| |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
| |####| |####| |####| |####|
| |####| |####| |####| |####|
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|####| |####| |####| |####| |
|####| |####| |####| |####| |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
| |####| |####| |####| |####|
| |####| |####| |####| |####|
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|#♖#| ♘ |#♗#| ♕ |#♔#| ♗ |#♘#| ♖ |
|####| |####| |####| |####| |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
White to move and checkmate in 5 moves. (Sam Lloyd)

_ Marco



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