Events and games

Chess starting position (White to move)

The starting position of chess on an eight by eight board, with the file and rank coordinates marked

This drawing comes from one YAML file. No shape was moved by hand.

Notes in the source (in Japanese)

盤は 8×8。a1（左下）が黒、h1 が白 —— 右下が白マスになるのが決まり。黒マスは模様で示す（zumen は「地の色」を正本から選べない —— 体裁は人のもの）。印刷のチェス図も、昔から黒マスは網掛けで刷ってきた。駒は図案文字（♔♕♖♗♘♙／♚♛♜♝♞♟）そのもの。