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David Moeser made the following ASCII diagrams of chess pieces and fairy chess pieces.
Staunton-style Chess Pieces
Row #1 = "regular" chess pieces. Other rows display at least
one regular piece in order to compare sizes. (Except for chess
King, Ascii art by david moeser, 1996. Numbers are arbitrary
and are only for reference purposes.)
.::.
_::_
_/____\_ ()
\ / <~~~~>
\____/ \__/ <>_
(____) (____) (\) ) __/"""\
| | | | \__/ WWWWWW ]___ 0 }
|__| | | (____) | | __ / }
/ \ |__| | | | | ( ) /~ }
(______) /____\ |__| |__| || \____/
(________) (______) /____\ /____\ /__\ /____\
/________\ (________) (______) (______) (____) (______)
King Queen Bishop Rook Pawn kNight
1 2 4 3 6 5
()
<~~~~> / \ __ /~~~\
####### \__/ / \ (__) ( o o )
(__o_o__) (____) /\/\ (_____) || \ - /
\_ < _/ | | (____) | | || / \
| = | | | | | | | || <_> <_>
| | |__| | | |_| || | |
|___| /____\ |__| / \ || |_|
/_____\ (______) /____\ (_____) /__\ /___\
(_______) (________) (______) (_______) (____) (_____)
Oscar Queen Squirrel Unicorn Giraffe Dolly
7 2 8 9 10 Parton
11
++++
_| |_ ()
< > <~~~~>
\__/ \__/
(____) (____) ______ /\/\/\ __/"""\
| | | | (______) \____/ ]___ 0 }
|__| | | \ __ / / \ / }
/ \ |__| | | \_ _/ /~ }
[____] /____\ |__| |XX| \____/
/______\ (______) /____\ /____\ ____ /____\
|________| (________) (______) (______) (____) (______)
Prime Queen Squirk Nixun Checker kNight
Minister 2 13 14 (blot) 5
12 15
For information on how some of these pieces move, check such
sources as: A GUIDE TO FAIRY CHESS, by Anthony Dickins, published
by Dover Publications. Or NEUE CHESS: THE BOOK, edited and pub-
lished by David Moeser.
More Staunton-style Chess Pieces
Each row contains one "regular" chess piece in order to compare
sizes. See previous file for the first 15 pieces. (Except for
chess King, Ascii art by david moeser, 1996.)
$$$
$$$$$$$
$$$
/^^^^^\
< o o >
\ > / ()
\_=_/ <~~~~>
(_____) \__/ __________
(_____) (____) /^^^^^^\ /_____ /
| | | | `\____ 0 } WWWWWW / /
|___| | | { } | | / /
/ \ |__| { } | | / /
(_______) /____\ /___/ |__| /___/
(_________) (______) /____\ /____\ /____\
|_________| (________) (______) (______) (______)
Fischer Queen Camel Rook Seven-Leaper
16 2 17 3 18
()
<~~~~>
\__/ _()_
(____) /""""\ (____) /""""\
| | { 0__>> (______) ____ { 0__>>
| | { } || || | __ | { }
|__| {___} || || \ / __ {___}
/____\ \_H_\ || || || (__) \_A_\
(______) / \ ||__|| /__\ _||_ / \
(________) (______) (______) |____| (____) (______)
Queen Humphrey Dabbaba Senetor Guppy Agnu
2 19 20 21 22 23
__ ()
(__) <~~~~>
// \\ \__/
// \\ (____) /\
// \\ | | /__\
\\ // | | _______ (____) __ __
\\ // |__| (_______) | | ( ) ( )
\\__// /____\ | | |__| || ||
/____\ (______) __|_|__ /____\ /__\_/__\
(______) (________) (_______) (______) (_________)
Route 50 Queen Ivory Tower Alfil Sidewinder
Leaper 2 25 26 27
24
__ _()_ _()_
/ \ ( oo ) (o||o) __/"""\
| STOP | \__/ \||/ ]___ o }
__ \____/ || || / }
/ \ || || || /~ }
( ) || _||_ _||_ /\ \____/
\____/ __||__ /____\ /____\ /__\ /____\
(______) (______) (______) (______) (____) (______)
Zero Pyramid Elvis Elvis's Prawn kNight
28 29 30 Guitar 32 5
31
Last modified: Monday, December 22, 2008
