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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 30 Oct 1998.
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Chess pieces?

Chess pieces?

alt.ascii-art · 5 messages · 30 Oct 1998 - 1 Dec 1998
I am interested in ASCII-art chess pieces. 

Has someone done them before?

--J"org Knappen

Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.comASCIIart> ASCII art 29 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>Message-id: <363...@springer.de>
>I am interested in ASCII-art chess pieces. 
>Has someone done them before?

There have been several sets posted here...
I can't find them in my files.. perhaps llizard
can post hers...

I've done a knight...

              ,....,
           ,::::::<
          ,::/^\"``.
         ,::/, `   e`.
        ,::; |        '.
        ,::|  \___,-.  c)
        ;::|     \   '-'
        ;::|      \
        ;::|   _.=`\
        `;:|.=` _.=`\
          '|_.=`   __\
          `\_..==`` /
           .'.___.-'.
          /          \
     jgs ('--......--')
         /'--......--'\
         `"--......--"`

-joan
-- 
           .-~~-. .--.
          /      /   "\  /|        joan stark
         /    \ |  \   \//     spu...@juno.com
        |/\    | \_/-'..'
        A |   /  ||            ASCII ART GALLERY:
 jgs      |__||__||       http://www.ascii-art.com

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 30 Nov 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <199...@ng30.aol.com>,
spu...@aol.comASCIIart (Spunk1111) wrote:
> 
> >Message-id: <363...@springer.de>
> >I am interested in ASCII-art chess pieces.
> >Has someone done them before?
> 
> There have been several sets posted here...
> I can't find them in my files.. perhaps llizard
> can post hers...
> 
> I've done a knight...
> 
>               ,....,
>            ,::::::<
>           ,::/^\"``.
>          ,::/, `   e`.
>         ,::; |        '.
>         ,::|  \___,-.  c)
>         ;::|     \   '-'
>         ;::|      \
>         ;::|   _.=`\
>         `;:|.=` _.=`\
>           '|_.=`   __\
>           `\_..==`` /
>            .'.___.-'.
>           /          \
>      jgs ('--......--')
>          /'--......--'\
>          `"--......--"`
> 
>  -joan stark
>   spu...@juno.com
>   ASCII ART GALLERY:
>   http://www.ascii-art.com

Joan, your wish is my command. This is what I have from my files.

These lovely large pieces came from lan...@pacifier.com (Velvet Maria
Langley)

                                                         .::.
                                              _()_       _::_
                                    _O      _/____\_   _/____\_
             _  _  _     ^^__      / //\    \      /   \      /
            | || || |   /  - \_   {     }    \____/     \____/
            |_______| <|    __<    \___/     (____)     (____)
      _     \__ ___ / <|    \      (___)      |  |       |  |
     (_)     |___|_|  <|     \      |_|       |__|       |__|
    (___)    |_|___|  <|______\    /   \     /    \     /    \
    _|_|_    |___|_|   _|____|_   (_____)   (______)   (______)
   (_____)  (_______) (________) (_______) (________) (________)
   /_____\  /_______\ /________\ /_______\ /________\ /________\


And while they aren't the best, here are the chess pieces I have drawn.

        o        +
       ^^^      ^^^
       ( )      ( ) 
       ) (      ) (      |||       ^       _/)
      (   )    (   )     | |      / \     /. |=
       ) (      ) (      ) (      ) (    /_) |=     ( )
       ) (      ) (      ) (      ) (   (/ ) (=     ) (
  ejm (   )    (   )    (   )    (   )    (   )    (   )
     [_____]  [_____]  [_____]  [_____]  [_____]  [_____]

 
                                .      +
                                ww     ww
       II       ()    _,,       ()     ()
       )(       )(   "-=\~      )(     )(       ()
       )(       )(     )(       )(     )(       )(
  ejm /__\     /__\   /__\     /__\   /__\     /__\


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

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


   for use as a sig perhaps:


              /   /   /  /')  / + /   /   /   /
  Check &    /_._/___/___/U__/__()___/___/___/
  Guardez!  /  ()   /   /[X]/   )(  /   /   /
           /___)(__/___/___/___/)(_/___/___/
          /   /)( /   /   /   //__\   /   /
   ejm   /___//__\___/___/___/___/___/___/



NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you
see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e"
to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
             ,^^%--- I was just sadly trounced yesterday;
           __>_/ \     I'll never play Chess again....
       &..#  >
      [____]_>,^  llizard aka ejm  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca
  ejm | //|| |        www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/

Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.comASCIIart> ASCII art 1 Dec 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>Message-id: <366...@iNOdirect.ca>

Thanks llizard-- I'd knew you'd pull through..
In the meantime, I drew some new ones...

-=[ chess pieces ]=-  11/98

                                                      _:_
                                                     '-.-'
                                            ()      __.'.__
                                         .-:--:-.  |_______|
                                  ()      \____/    \=====/
                                  /\      {====}     )___(
                       (\=,      //\\      )__(     /_____\
       __    |'-'-'|  //  .\    (    )    /____\     |   |
      /  \   |_____| (( \_  \    )__(      |  |      |   |
      \__/    |===|   ))  `\_)  /____\     |  |      |   |
     /____\   |   |  (/     \    |  |      |  |      |   |
      |  |    |   |   | _.-'|    |  |      |  |      |   |
      |__|    )___(    )___(    /____\    /____\    /_____\
     (====)  (=====)  (=====)  (======)  (======)  (=======)
     }===={  }====={  }====={  }======{  }======{  }======={
 jgs(______)(_______)(_______)(________)(________)(_________)

-joan
--                   -.
                   (`\|/`)
            .--.     / \     .---.
           /:.  '.  /  @\  .' ..  '._.---.      H A P P Y
          /:::-.  \/_@___\` .-:::.     .::\  B I R T H D A Y
         /::'|  `\/  _ _  \'   `\:'   ::::|     B L U E !
     __.'    |   /  (o|o)  \     `'.   ':/
    /    .:. /   |   ___   |        '---'      joan stark
   |    ::::'   /:  (._.) .:\           mailto:spu...@juno.com
   \    .='    |:'        :::|
    `""`       \     ,-,   ':/             ASCII ART GALLERY:
          jgs   '---`(_)`---'          http://www.ascii-art.com

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 1 Dec 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <199...@ng113.aol.com>,
spu...@aol.comASCIIart (Spunk1111) wrote:
> 
> >Message-id: <366...@iNOdirect.ca>
> 
> Thanks llizard-- I'd knew you'd pull through..
> In the meantime, I drew some new ones...
> 
> -=[ chess pieces ]=-  11/98
> 
>                                                       _:_
>                                                      '-.-'
>                                             ()      __.'.__
>                                          .-:--:-.  |_______|
>                                   ()      \____/    \=====/
>                                   /\      {====}     )___(
>                        (\=,      //\\      )__(     /_____\
>        __    |'-'-'|  //  .\    (    )    /____\     |   |
>       /  \   |_____| (( \_  \    )__(      |  |      |   |
>       \__/    |===|   ))  `\_)  /____\     |  |      |   |
>      /____\   |   |  (/     \    |  |      |  |      |   |
>       |  |    |   |   | _.-'|    |  |      |  |      |   |
>       |__|    )___(    )___(    /____\    /____\    /_____\
>      (====)  (=====)  (=====)  (======)  (======)  (=======)
>      }===={  }====={  }====={  }======{  }======{  }======={
>  jgs(______)(_______)(_______)(________)(________)(_________)
> 
> -joan stark
> mailto:spu...@juno.com
> ASCII ART GALLERY:  http://www.ascii-art.com
.
         ___         !/\
       _/   |     ---@@^^,            _         |
      |_____| gasp! / \/ >    \    / / \ \    / |
        ---  ==         >      \/\/  \_/  \/\/  .
      [_____]        __>,^
  ejm  |   |        //| |


NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you
see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e"
to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
             ,^^%---       I bet I could play better
           __>_/ \      with that beautiful Chess set!
       &..#  >
      [____]_>,^  llizard aka ejm  cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca
  ejm | //|| |        www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/

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