User:Fred Gandt/sandbox/chessDemo/move

Documentation

Usage

Takes a number of optional arguments and outputs the standard algebraic chess notation interpretation.

Syntax

All optional params:

|from= alphanumeral (file and rank) only for use with {{User:Fred Gandt/sandbox/chessDemo}}

|to= alphanumeral (file and rank)

|piece= name of the piece moving or empty for a pawn

|disambiguation= file and/or rank

|castle= kingside or queenside

|capture= yes

|enpassant= yes

|promotion= name of the piece to which the pawn promotes

|check= yes or mate

|punctuation= characters to append

|comment= move commentary

|gamescore= white, black or draw

Example

Note: The order of the named params doesn't matter.

• Code: {{User:Fred Gandt/sandbox/chessDemo/move|to=f5|piece=knight|capture=yes}}
• Result: Nxf5

or for use in {{User:Fred Gandt/sandbox/chessDemo}}

• Code: {{User:Fred Gandt/sandbox/chessDemo/move|from=f5|to=d6|piece=knight|check=yes}}
• Result: f5 Nd6+

or

• Code: {{User:Fred Gandt/sandbox/chessDemo/move|to=c8|disambiguation=b|capture=yes|promotion=queen|comment=White promotes pawn to Queen during capture resulting in check.|check=yes}}
• Result: bxc8=Q+

White promotes pawn to Queen during capture resulting in check.

or

• Code: {{User:Fred Gandt/sandbox/chessDemo/move|check=mate|comment=Queenside castling leads to mate.|gamescore=black|punctuation=!!|castle=queenside}}
• Result: 0-0-0#!! 0–1

Queenside castling leads to mate.

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