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(X) = White [x] = Black
K/k King Q/q Queen R/r Rook B/b Bishop N/n Knight P/p Pawn .=======================================================================================.
| A B C D E F G H |
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| A B C D E F G H |
'=======================================================================================+' A B C D E F G H
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ +------------------------------------+
| | . . . | [# #] | . . . | | [# #] | [+] | . . . | | CHESS MATCH |
8 | |. . . .| |#| |. . . .| | |#| | <[#]> |. . . .| 8 +------------------------------------+
| | . . . | [###] | . . . | | [###] | [###] | . . . | | Event: World Championship Final |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | White: G. Kasparov |
| . . . | ^ | . . . | | ^ | * | * | * | | Black: A. Karpov |
7 |. . . .| /X\ |. . . .| | /X\ | [#] | [#] | [#] | 7 | Round: Game 16 |
| . . . | [###] | . . . | | [###] | [###] | [###] | [###] | | Opening: Sicilian Defense (B80) |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ +------------------------------------+
| * | vVv | | * | * | /##) | | . . . | | TURN: WHITE TO MOVE |
6 | [#] | \#/ | | [#] | [#] | /##/ | |. . . .| 6 | Move: 23. e4-e5! |
| [###] | [###] | | [###] | [###] | [###] | | . . . | | Eval: +1.65 (White initiative) |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+ +------------------------------------+
| . . . | * | . . . | | o | | . . . | | | CAPTURED PIECES |
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| . . . | [###] | . . . | | (___) | | . . . | | | By White: * /##) |
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| (___) | . . . | (___) | (___) | | (___) | | . . . | | By Black: o /^) |
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| . . . | (___) | . . . | | (___) | (___) | . . . | (___) | | GAME CLOCK |
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| | . . . | o | . . . | | . . . | o | . . . | | WHITE BLACK |
2 | |. . . .| / \ |. . . .| |. . . .| / \ |. . . .| 2 | [01:14:28] [00:46:15] |
| | . . . | (___) | . . . | | . . . | (___) | . . . | +------------------------------------+
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| . . . | | . . . | [T T] | . . . | [T T] | . . . | + | | White: [K] [Q] [R] [B] [N] [P] |
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| . . . | | . . . | (___) | . . . | (___) | . . . | (___) | | Shading: . = Dark Square |
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+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
a b c d e f g h
UPPERCASE: White lowercase: Black A B C D E F G H
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+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
1 | R | . | B | Q | K | . | R | . | 1
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A B C D E F G H
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+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
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7 | p | p | p | | p | p | p | p |
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4 | | | B | P | | | | |
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3 | | | N | | | N | | |
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2 | P | P | P | | | P | P | P |
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1 | R | | | Q | | R | K | |
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