User:Andreas Kaufmann

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.

Articles 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:

• Chaturanga
• Shatranj
• Sittuyin
• Makruk

• Mutation testing
• Code coverage

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[[Image:Dark_chess.png|right|thumb|300px|'''Dark chess''', the game in progress.]]

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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 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
}}

{{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 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. 
}}

Here 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.

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