User:Andreas Kaufmann

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My name is Andreas Kaufmann and I live in Germany. I work as a software engineer in Synopsys and my hobby is chess and chess variants.

My contributions

= Chess and chess variants =

= Software engineering =

My other user pages

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  • [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User:Andreas_Kaufmann User page on WikiQuote]

Useful stuff

= How to add an image =

= Redirect an article =

  1. REDIRECT Name of page

= Redirect a category =

{{category redirect|Writers}}

= 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.

== 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

}}

== 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.

}}

== Chess problem ==

{{Chess diagram|=

| tright

| Eric Angelini
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.

}}

= References =

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

  • {{cite book | author=Murray, H.J.R. | title=A History of Chess |publisher=Benjamin Press (originally published by Oxford University Press)| year=1913 | ISBN=0-936-317-01-9}}
  • {{cite book | author=Pritchard, D. | title=The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants|publisher=Games & Puzzles Publications | year=1994 | ISBN=0-9524-1420-1}}
  • {{cite book | author=Pritchard, D. | title=The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants

|publisher=John Beasley | year=2007 | ISBN=978-0955516801}}

  • {{cite book | author=Pritchard, D. | title=Popular Chess Variants|publisher=Bastford Chess Books | year=2000 | ISBN=0-7134-8578-7}}
  • {{cite book | author=Lasker, Edward. | title=The Adventure of Chess|publisher=Dover Publications, Inc. | year=1959 | ISBN=0-486-20510-X}}

Here is the text to copy and paste:

{{cite book | author=Murray, H.J.R. | title=A History of Chess

|publisher=Benjamin Press (originally published by Oxford University Press)| year=1913 | ISBN=0-936-317-01-9}}

{{cite book | author=Pritchard, D. | title=The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants

|publisher=Games & Puzzles Publications | year=1994 | ISBN=0-9524-1420-1}}

{{cite book | author=Pritchard, D. | title=The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants

|publisher=John Beasley | year=2007 | ISBN=978-0955516801}}

{{cite book | author=Pritchard, D. | title=Popular Chess Variants

|publisher=Bastford Chess Books | year=2000 | ISBN=0-7134-8578-7}}

{{cite book | author=Lasker, Edward. | title=The Adventure of Chess

|publisher=Dover Publications, Inc. | year=1959 | ISBN=0-486-20510-X}}

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

Also can be used with and when used in several places.

See also: Wikipedia:Footnotes