Parametric Chess board

[bwente]

Made this while on a call the other day.

YACB - (Yet Another Chess Board)

[rvogt]

Thank you! I’ve used Cuttle so many times!!

[dklgood]

Nicely done. I find Cuttle so useful.

[evansd2]

Is there anyway to use cuttle without a subscription? I’m not interested in signing up for another service.

I don’t mind paying for good software I just don’t want to be part of another ecosystem that’s going to bleed me.

[bwente]

There are three levels. No account, Free Account, and Paid Account.

• You can download a file and use most of the features without any account.
• You can trade your email address for access to save 5 projects.
• You can pay for pro features, unlimited files?, and access to pro templates.

AFAIK

[bwente]

I found that there were some other chess boards that were shared, but was surprised that they were all “hardcoded”. I created this one to show some of the useful parametric features.

[deirdrebeth]

I only ever make Tablero boards, which are 7x7 - I need to make a default template for that!

[bwente]

Is it a drinking game? I am having a difficult time finding a reference.

[timjedwards]

Very clean look.

[deirdrebeth]

It definitely can be, but it can also be played with any liquid so it’s most frequently played with iced tea with my friends

This is one I made for some pirates:

Leather Gameboard for Tablero da Gucci

My friends and I are getting together for a camping trip to join ~10,000 of our closest friends next month and I decided to make up a game board personalized to our group for a game called Tablero da Gucci [image] The board is leather, scored, and the three pieces are sewn together with waxed thread. The shark is painted with acrylic paints, and the swords are Rub N’ Buff (have I mentioned recently how much I love that stuff!) [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] Interestingly enoug…

[bwente]

and since it is done with scores and is a fast print!

[roy]

Your chessboard is pretty but wrong. First, algebraic notation is fixed from the viewpoint of white, and every square has one label. Your board has two labels for every square. The square in the lower left for white is a1. Your board has it as both a1 and h8, making it invalid. To fix this, the labeling on the top and right need to be reversed.

Second, algebraic notation uses a to h, not A to H.

[markevans36301]

You actually made me curious enough to look this up. You are right and it only makes sense that 1-8 go only one way. The capitalization seems to only be a thing for chess perl clutchers as there are plenty of examples both ways.

[roy]

Yes, some boards have uppercase letters but they are considered wrong by chess players. It matters because capital letters are used for pieces. B is a bishop while b is a file (column). Any player who actually records their games will always write a1, not A1. So, you might as well get it right.

[bwente]

Thanks. I should have checked with a reliable source rather than update the ones that I found.

Is it permissible to rotate the orientation of the label for the player, or does black read them upside-down?

[roy]

Some chessboards only have a single set of labels (and you’ll see that in books), but the preferred labeling is like you have it. Each player has labels on the bottom and left that face them. White’s are a-h left-to-right, while Black’s are h-a left-to-right, etc.

[roy]

I see you’ve updated it. Looks great!