Chess diagrams and games.
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The following arguments are available, all but the first argument are optional:
Source = board position in Forsyth–Edwards Notation (FEN), or file name of game in Portable Game Notation (PGN); wrap more fields into quotes
Style = diagram style, e.g. left, center, right
Width = diagram width, pixel or percent
The media/chess folder is the place to store your board positions and games. You can also create additional folders and organise files as you like.
Forsyth–Edwards Notation is the standard way of describing board positions in chess. In addition to piece placement it allows the indication of active color, castling availability, en passant target square, halfmove clock, fullmove number. In the shortcut you can omit any additional field from the right.
Portable Game Notation is the standard way of describing chess games. Should the file contain more games, the first is picked. You can add after the file name two additional fields: the first specifies a move or interval of moves, e.g. begin-5w, 5b-12w, 15w-end (begin means the initial position, end the final result of the game); the second specifies the output: diagram of the position after the last move specified, list of moves, or all. With begin, moves outputs the heading of the game. Default values are begin-end all.
You can divide a game into several parts by specifying a range of moves in the Source argument. After each section you can add comments. Write the moves in the Standard Algebraic Notation and they will automatically translated (figurines or localised abbreviations).
You can also add comments in the PGN file, enclosed in {}.
Showing a chess diagram:
[chess r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1]
[chess "r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1 b"]
[chess "r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 21"]
Showing a chess diagram, different styles:
[chess "r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1 b" left]
[chess "r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1 b" center]
[chess "r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1 b" right]
Showing a chess diagram, different sizes:
[chess "r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1 b" right 50%]
[chess "r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1 b" right 200]
Showing a chess diagram, different sizes with the default style:
[chess "r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1 b" - 50%]
[chess "r5k1/3q1pp1/pp2rnnp/4p3/P2P4/1QP1BN1P/5PP1/3RR1K1 b" - 200]
Showing a chess game, all or partially:
[chess caruana_ponomariov_2014.pgn]
[chess "caruana_ponomariov_2014.pgn begin-12w"]
[chess "caruana_ponomariov_2014.pgn 21w"]
[chess "caruana_ponomariov_2014.pgn 10w-end"]
Showing a chess game with a diagram, moves or both:
[chess "caruana_ponomariov_2014.pgn 12w diagram"]
[chess "caruana_ponomariov_2014.pgn begin-12w moves"]
[chess "caruana_ponomariov_2014.pgn begin-12w all"]
Showing a chess diagram from a game, different sizes with the default style:
[chess "caruana_ponomariov_2014.pgn 12w diagram" - 50%]
[chess "caruana_ponomariov_2014.pgn 12w diagram" - 200]
Adding comments:
[chess "byrne_fischer_1956.pgn begin-4b"]
Fischer castles, bringing his king to safety. The Black move 4...d5
would have reached the Grünfeld Defence immediately. After Fischer's
4...O-O, Byrne could have played 5.e4, whereupon 5...d6 6.Be2 e5
reaches the main line of the King's Indian Defense.
[chess "byrne_fischer_1956.pgn 5w-6w"]
A form of the so-called Russian System (the usual move order is 1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3), putting pressure on Fischer's
central d5-pawn.
The following settings can be configured in file system/extensions/yellow-system.ini:
ChessDirectory = directory for PGN games
ChessMoveStyle = moves style, figurines, standard, or letters
ChessShowCoordinates = show in the diagram the coordinates, 0 or 1
ChessShowDots = show in the diagram the active color, 0 or 1
ChessWidth = default diagram width
ChessPieceList = use as alternative text a list of the pieces, instead of the FEN code, 0 or 1
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