Friday, 19 February 2010

The biggest chess in the world!



FiDi Chess by andrius.v
All sizes of this photo are available for download under a Creative Commons license

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

A published game without coded moves

At first sight the next game is just another example of a game published with the Blogspot Chess game Viewer, but this time I left the coded moves out. This became possible, because I have added a coded moves generator to the JavaScript code. However there are still some known issues.





The code used above is:
<SCRIPT language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>Game('','','1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bb5+ Nc6 5.e5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d3 Be7 8.c3 Nh6 9.O-O a5 10.d4 a4 11.Be3 Nf5 12.Qe2 c4 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Bc1 Rb5 15.Nbd2 c5 16.Re1 h6 17.Nf1 cxd4 18.cxd4 g6 19.Ne3 Rg8 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.Qc2 Bd7 22.Bd2 Bb4 23.Bc3 Rg4 24.Qd2 Qe7 25.h3 Rg7 26.Qf2 a3 27.Bxb4 Qxb4 28.bxa3 Qxa3 29.Rab1 Qc3 30.Rxb5 Bxb5 31.Rb1 Kd7 32.Rxb5 Qc1+ 33.Ne1 c3 34.Kh2 h5 35.Nd3 Qd1 36.Nb4 Qd2 37.Qf1 Qxd4 38.Rb7+ Kc8 39.Rb8+ Kc7 40.Na6+ Kd7 41.Qb5+ Ke7 42.Qb7# 1-0',1,5);</SCRIPT>

Sunday, 14 February 2010

Gnomes playing chess


Gnomes Playing Chess in a Graveyard by Tony the Misfit
All sizes of this photo are available for download at his photostream under a Creative Commons license.

Thursday, 11 February 2010

The code for the mate in two problem

As promised the used code in the Mate in two post.

<SCRIPT language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>
Game('8/p7/1N3K2/Qn3N2/2P1kp2/p3p3/2P1B2b/4n3 1',
'W_@@GP@DXRQ@_QAAXbQ@\\RAAXiQ@_CAA{qQ@_qAA{lQ@sjAA{jQ@qjAE{uQ@aXAE_?@A',
'{A mate in two problem. It is White\'s turn to move.
<br /><br />}1.Qa4
axb6 {<br /><br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}( 1...Nd6 2.Qc6# )
{<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}( 1...Nd4 2.Nd6# ) {<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}( 1...Nc3 2.Qe8# ) {<br /> &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp;}( 1...Nxc2 2.Qxc2# ) {<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp;}( 1...Nf3 2.Bd3# ) {<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}(
1...Nd3 2.cxd3# ) {<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}( 1...Ng2 2.cxb5#
){<br /><br />}2.Qa8# 1-0',1,1,5,"Mate in two");</SCRIPT>


Most of the arguments of the Game function have been explained before. The last two arguments indicate the number of attempts (5) and the initial text below the chess board (Mate in two).

Monday, 8 February 2010

Chess from above


Chess by by NguyenDai available for download under a Creative Commons license.

An interesting perspective.

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Mate in two

The Blogspot Chess Game Viewer can also be used to display chess puzzles of which the solution has to remain hidden as long as the right answer hasn't been given.



As an example a Mate in two problem. After five attempts or after making the right move the solution will become visible. You can make a move by clicking at a piece followed by clicking the target square.







The code in this post used to display this mate in two diagram will be shown in a couple of days.

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Check Mate


Chess mate, Tel Aviv 2006 by Ran Z
All sizes of this photo are available for download at his photo stream under a Creative Commons license.