A chess diagram is graphic representation of a position in a
chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
game, using standardised symbols. Chess diagrams are widely used in chess publications as an aid to visualisation, or to aid the readers to verify that they are looking at the correct position on their
chessboard
A chessboard is a game board used to play chess. It consists of 64 squares, 8 rows by 8 columns, on which the chess pieces are placed. It is square in shape and uses two colours of squares, one light and one dark, in a chequered pattern. During p ...
or computer. The symbols used generally resemble the pieces of the standard
Staunton chess set
The Staunton chess set is the standard style of chess piece, chess pieces, recommended for use in competition since 2022 by FIDE, the international chess governing body.
The English journalist Nathaniel Cooke is credited with the design on the ...
, although a number of different fonts have been used over the centuries.
Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) can be used to represent a position without graphics, i.e. with letters and numbers only.
Examples
File:Luis Ramirez de Lucena, arte de ajedrez.jpg, Lucena (1497)
File:Die Gartenlaube (1860) b 464.jpg, '' Die Gartenlaube'' (1860)
File:Alice_Chess_Puzzle.jpg, '' Through the Looking Glass'' by Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglicanism, Anglican deacon. His most notable works are ''Alice ...
(1871)
File:Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary_b31_150-0.jpg, ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary'' (35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is a comprehensive multi-volume encyclopaedia in Russian. It contains 121,240 articles, 7,800 images, and 235 maps.
It was published in the Russian Em ...
'' (1890-1907)
File:Sixday.jpg, Page from a Soviet calendar (1935)
File:Batsford chess diagram.jpg, Font used by B.T. Batsford and other chess publishers in the 1970s
Further reading
* {{citation
, last=Hooper , first=David , authorlink=David Vincent Hooper
, last2=Whyld , first2=Kenneth , authorlink2=Kenneth Whyld
, title=
The Oxford Companion to Chess
''The Oxford Companion to Chess'' is a reference book on the game of chess written by David Vincent Hooper and Kenneth Whyld. The book is written in an encyclopedia format. The book belongs to the Oxford Companions series.
Details
The first ed ...
, year=1992
, edition=2nd
, page=108
, publisher=Oxford University Press
, isbn=0-19-280049-3
External links
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Alfil con yelmo 01 / Diagrama de ajedrez. m3c4n0, November 16, 2015, Flickr.
diagram
A diagram is a symbolic Depiction, representation of information using Visualization (graphics), visualization techniques. Diagrams have been used since prehistoric times on Cave painting, walls of caves, but became more prevalent during the Age o ...
Diagrams