Best played if you have a chess board to hand. Each post is the next move of the game, regardless of which colour is to play. For example, if I played as black then the next person to post must play as white, and the person after them must play black etc. A problem with this game is that if it kicks off it will end up very long and so people posting later in the game won't know at a glance the set-up of the board. That's why every once in a while someone might want to use this template at the end of their move. The legend is: Piece White Black Rook r R Knight h H Bishop b B King k K Queen q Q Pawn p P Empty spaces are marked with * Here's the template: |R|H|B|Q|K|B|H|R| |P|P |P|P|P |P|P|P| |*|* |*|*|* |*|*|*| |*|* |*|*|* |*|*|*| |*|* |*|*|* |*|*|*| |*|* |*|*|* |*|*|*| |p|p |p|p|p |p|p|p| |r|h |b|q|k |b|h|r | An example of a move would be knight B1 to C3. You should also state when a king is in check (CHECK), a piece has been taken (eg Rook C3 takes Queen C6), when you castle (Castle, King to ..., Rook to ...) and when you promote a pawn (eg PROMOTE PAWN TO QUEEN).
