Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-03 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Phil, As you look at the board from the white end, the white queen at d1 is on a white square, so the left rook at a1 would be a black square. HTH BFN Jim Once a king always a king but once a knights enough [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-03 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Ron, To tell you the truth, I forget if my board is white or black raised and which pieces are black or white. One board has the trays on the side for captured pieces the other does not. So that board can be turned 90 degrees. But so any way I also always use the pin head pieces for my o

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-02 Thread shaun everiss
I have a peg chess board, where the black pegs are marked with a raised point. At 02:56 p.m. 2/11/2008, you wrote: >Hi ron. > >I've seen a fair few tactile chess boards in my time, the majority have raised >black squares and indented white squares, which seems to be more of a standard >with them

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-02 Thread Phil Vlasak
November 02, 2008 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question While every designer of chess sets for the blind makes the board his or her own way, it is standard for the black squares to be raised and the black pieces to be marked. What moves are not being accepted as legal

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-02 Thread dark
Dark. - Original Message - From: "simon dowling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:39 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question I see our ameri

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-02 Thread dark
Hi ron. I've seen a fair few tactile chess boards in my time, the majority have raised black squares and indented white squares, which seems to be more of a standard with them (the one I myself bought in July expressly for playing computer chess with certainly does). i have however, --- in o

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-02 Thread Willem
t" Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question I see our american cousins, are not satisfied with messing up the Braille code and everything that goes with that, but in the uk it has always been the white squares have always been raised as

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-02 Thread simon dowling
- From: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:04 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question While every designer of chess sets for the blind makes the board his or her own way, it is standard f

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-02 Thread Charles Rivard
While every designer of chess sets for the blind makes the board his or her own way, it is standard for the black squares to be raised and the black pieces to be marked. What moves are not being accepted as legal ones in the chess program? Maybe you're entering them incorrectly? Just a though

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-02 Thread Willem
I had a chess board where the black squares were raised. I guess you should ask a sighted person, just to be sure. - Original Message - From: "simon dowling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:00 PM Subject:

Re: [Audyssey] A spacific chess question

2008-11-02 Thread simon dowling
hi ron, the raised squares are white. hth http://www.secretsthatwekeep.com/003 Simon creator and owner of the winmx4theblind mailing list. to find out more visit http://groups.google.com/group/winmx4theblind Group email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn, [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype, slifinger - Origin