User:Andreas Kaufmann

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I live in the west part of Germany in a small town near Aachen. I work as a software engineer in a company called Synopsys, developing electronic design automation software. I have a home page. Besides other stuff, it contains links to freeware games and Winboard adapter, which I created for Zillions of Games engine.

I can be often found on BrainKing.com internet server, playing chess, loop chess, dark chess and other chess variants. My user name is "andreas" there.

Contents 1 My contributions 2 Watch list 3 Interesting stuff 4 Useful stuff 4.1 How to use a chess diagramm template 4.1.1 Chess diagramm 4.1.2 Chess variant with uncheckered board 4.1.3 Chess problem 4.2 References

[edit] My contributions

I mostly editing articles on chess and chess variants.

Articles I have written:

• Capablanca random chess
• Chaturaji
• Chess handicap
• Crazyhouse
• Dark chess
• Glinski's hexagonal chess
• Janus chess
• Knight relay chess
• Legan chess
• Los Alamos chess
• Marseillais chess
• Three checks chess

Articles, which were extended by me:

• Capablanca chess
• Chaturanga
• Shatranj
• Sittuyin
• Makruk

[edit] Watch list

• Portal:Chess
• Portal:Artificial intelligence
• List of chess topics

[edit] Interesting stuff

• Ten Wikipedia Hacks

[edit] Useful stuff

[edit] How to use a chess diagramm template

Here is how I typically use a chess diagramm template. I usually copy one of text fragments given below and modify as needed. More information about template usage can be found on Template_talk:Chess_diagram.

[edit] Chess diagramm

{{Chess diagram|=
| tright
| 
|= 

 8 |rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd|nd|rd|=
 7 |pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|=
 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 2 |pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|=
 1 |rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl|nl|rl|=
    a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  

| '''Chess'''. Starting position
}}

[edit] Chess variant with uncheckered board

{{Chaturanga diagram|=
| tright
|
|=
 |rd|nd|bd|kd|qd|bd|nd|rd|=
 |pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|=
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 |pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|=
 |rl|nl|bl|kl|ql|bl|nl|rl|=
|'''Shatranj'''. Inital position.
}}

[edit] Chess problem

{{Chess diagram|=
| tright
| '''Eric Angelini'''<br>''Europe Echecs'' 433, Apr. 1995
|= 

 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
    a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  

| '''Black to move. What did White just play?''' Typical example of retrograde analysis problem. 
}}

[edit] References

Here are the sources I use in articles on chess variants:

• Murray, H.J.R. (1913). A History of Chess. Benjamin Press (originally published by Oxford University Press). ISBN 0-936-317-01-9.
• Pritchard, D. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Games & Puzzles Publications. ISBN 0-9524-1420-1.
• Pritchard, D. (2000). Popular Chess Variants. Bastford Chess Books. ISBN 0-7134-8578-7.
• Lasker, Edward. (1959). The Adventure of Chess. Dover Publications, Inc.. ISBN 0-486-20510-X.

Here is the text to copy and paste:

{{cite book | author=[[Harold James Ruthven Murray|Murray, H.J.R.]] | title=A History of Chess 
|publisher=Benjamin Press (originally published by Oxford University Press)| year=1913 | id=ISBN 0-936-317-01-9}}

{{cite book | author=[[David Pritchard (chess writer)|Pritchard, D.]] | title=The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants
|publisher=Games & Puzzles Publications | year=1994 | id=ISBN 0-9524-1420-1}}

{{cite book | author=[[David Pritchard (chess writer)|Pritchard, D.]] | title=Popular Chess Variants
|publisher=Bastford Chess Books | year=2000 | id=ISBN 0-7134-8578-7}}

{{cite book | author=[[Edward Lasker|Lasker, Edward.]] | title=The Adventure of Chess
|publisher=Dover Publications, Inc. | year=1959 | id=ISBN 0-486-20510-X}}

This can be used in <ref>...</ref> tags (provided there is {{reflist}} at the bottom of article).