# Test, Chess board

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 27, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269 "2014-12-27T05:42:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/81 "2015-06-21T02:44:31Z")

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Regular font with other boxes:

.a b c d e .f. g h  
♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜|8  
♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟|7  
☰❏☰❏☰❏☰❏|6  
❏☰❏☰❏☰❏☰|5  
☰❏☰❏☰❏☰❏|4  
❏☰♘☰❏☰❏☰|3  
♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙|2  
♖☰♗♕♔♗♘♖|1

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/82 "2015-06-21T04:37:17Z")

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And I’m finding that the ones that made the unicode character tables do deserve to be sent to a new circle of hell.

I mean, who made the black and white boxes to have different sizes and spacing? Same goes for the rectangles, Trying with closest more black box like symbol:

.a b c d e .f. g h  
♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜|8  
♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟|7  
❏☗❏☗❏☗❏☗|6  
☗❏☗❏☗❏☗❏|5  
❏☗❏☗❏☗❏☗|4  
☗❏♘❏☗❏☗❏|3  
♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙|2  
♖❏♗♕♔♗♘♖|1  
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On edit: And while it shows properly in Firefox, the black “tiles” do not show at all in android. Bummer.

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/83 "2015-06-21T05:15:13Z")

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Trying the few “black” “squares” of the same size and spacing that I could find:

.a b c d e .f. g h  
♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜|8  
♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟|7  
❏⚊❏⚊❏⚊❏⚊|6  
⬢❏⬢❏⬢❏⬢❏|5  
❏⬟❏⬟❏⬟❏⬟|4  
⚄❏♘❏⚄❏⚄❏|3  
♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙|2  
♖❏♗♕♔♗♘♖|1

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/84 "2015-06-21T05:27:34Z")

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Recycling some ideas:

.a b c d e .f. g h  
♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜|8  
♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟|7  
❏⚄❏⚄❏⚄❏⚄|6  
♼❏♼❏♼❏♼❏|5  
❏⚄❏⚄❏⚄❏⚄|4  
⚄❏♘❏⚄❏⚄❏|3  
♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙|2  
♖❏♗♕♔♗♘♖|1

🙂

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/85 "2015-06-21T17:46:41Z")

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> [@GIGObuster](#):
>
> It looked good in Firefox on Linux, except for the letters. Trying the closest one I had with the font and boxes used by **cmyk**
> 
> .a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h  
> ♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜|8  
> ♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟|7  
> ◼︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎|6  
> ◻︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎|5  
> ◼︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎|4  
> ◻︎:black\_medium\_square:︎♘:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎|3  
> ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙|2  
> ♖◻︎♗♕♔♗♘♖|1
> 
> Courier New:
> 
> .a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h  
> ♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜|8  
> ♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟|7  
> ◼︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎|6  
> ◻︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎|5  
> ◼︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎|4  
> ◻︎:black\_medium\_square:︎♘:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎:white\_medium\_square:︎:black\_medium\_square:︎|3  
> ♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙|2  
> ♖◻︎♗♕♔♗♘♖|1

Both of these look correct on my iPhone/Safari.

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/86 "2015-06-21T18:00:52Z")

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The last example looks good in regular browsers on desktops, but in android with Opera the boxes appear with an extra rectangular box that throws the spacing off. But as noted many other mobile browsers do not have that problem, I guess that solution will have to do as the most manageable and “natural” mini chess board to explain positions in an informal way in this and other message boards. I will check if other Android browsers deal better with it.

Thank you all for your input so far.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/87 "2015-06-21T18:19:26Z")

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Post 76 looks good on my Samsung Note 3. Except the numbers should be on right.

None of the letters in post 79 work.

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/88 "2015-06-21T18:36:37Z")

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A simple chess board with the proper color squares:

a…b.c.d…e.f…g.h  
♜♞♝♛♚♝♞♜|8  
♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟|7  
☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎|6  
◼︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐|5  
☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎|4  
◼︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐|3  
♙♙♙♙♙♙♙♙|2  
♖♘♗♕♔♗♘♖|1

Blank Board:

a…b.c.d…e.f…g.h  
☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎|8  
◼︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐|7  
☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎|6  
◼︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐|5  
☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎|4  
◼︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐|3  
☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎|2  
◼︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐|1  
Problem By N. Marache. White to mate in two moves:

a…b.c.d…e.f…g.h  
☐◼︎☐◼︎♚◼︎♔◼︎|8  
◼︎♘:black\_medium\_square:︎:chess\_pawn:♟♟◼︎☐|7  
☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎☐♖|6  
◼︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐|5  
☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎|4  
◼︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐|3  
☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎☐◼︎|2  
◼︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎♗:black\_medium\_square:︎☐:black\_medium\_square:︎☐|1

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/89 "2015-06-22T16:51:41Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
>
> Post 76 looks good on my Samsung Note 3.

I’m running tapatalk, by the way.

> [@GIGObuster](#):
>
> A simple chess board with the proper color squares:
> 
> a…b.c.d…e.f…g.h  
> |8  
> |7  
> |6  
> |5  
> |4  
> |3  
> |2  
> |1
> 
> Blank Board:
> 
> a…b.c.d…e.f…g.h  
> |8  
> |7  
> |6  
> |5  
> |4  
> |3  
> |2  
> |1  
> Problem By N. Marache. White to mate in two moves:
> 
> a…b.c.d…e.f…g.h  
> |8  
> |7  
> |6  
> |5  
> |4  
> |3  
> |2  
> |1

The “white box” symbol is difficult to easily distinguish from the piece symbols. The color palate is too similar.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/90 "2015-06-25T12:46:21Z")

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**Peter Morris** ’ first looks almost perfect, except that the H is off by about one space.

**cmyk** ’s looks perfect. IE 9.0somethng.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-chess-board/708269/91 "2015-06-26T03:56:40Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
>
> I meant none of the new examples worked. The following three old examples work for me on Win7 Firefox. (The letters are very slightly off, but not enough to be a problem.)

The three listed here by **BigT** also look great to me, Win7, Chrome.

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