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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
editChess and chess variants
editArticles I have started:
- Mathematical chess problem
- Capablanca random chess
- Chaturaji
- Chess handicap
- Chess with different armies
- Crazyhouse
- Dark chess
- Hexagonal chess
- Janus chess
- Kaissa
- Knight relay chess
- Legan chess
- Los Alamos chess
- Marseillais chess
- Minichess
- Pocket mutation chess
- Three checks chess
- Three-handed chess
Articles, which were extended by me:
Software engineering
editMy other user pages
editUseful stuff
editAdd link to a book
edit{{Wikipedia-Books|Data structures}}
How to add an image
edit[[Image:Dark_chess.png|right|thumb|300px|'''Dark chess''', the game in progress.]]
Redirect an article
edit#REDIRECT [[Name of page]]
Redirect a category
edit{{category redirect|Writers}}
How to use a chess diagramm template
editHere 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
edit{{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
edit{{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
edit{{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. }}
References
editHere 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. (2007). The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. John Beasley. ISBN 978-0955516801.
- 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 | 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 | ISBN=0-9524-1420-1}} {{cite book | author=[[David Pritchard (chess writer)|Pritchard, D.]] | title=The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants |publisher=John Beasley | year=2007 | ISBN=978-0955516801}} {{cite book | author=[[David Pritchard (chess writer)|Pritchard, D.]] | title=Popular Chess Variants |publisher=Bastford Chess Books | year=2000 | ISBN=0-7134-8578-7}} {{cite book | author=[[Edward Lasker|Lasker, Edward.]] | title=The Adventure of Chess |publisher=Dover Publications, Inc. | year=1959 | ISBN=0-486-20510-X}} This can be used in <ref>...</ref> tags (provided there is {{reflist}} at the bottom of article). Also can be used with <ref name="name"> and <ref name="name"/> when used in several places.
See also: Wikipedia:Footnotes