ChessUp is an online tool for creating chess diagrams. It is 100%
browser-based and free. I invite everyone to check it out:

http://chessup.net

ChessUp Features:
- Simple drag-n-drop interface
- Color customization
- 4 different piece styles
- Descriptive text and board coordinates
- Create links to images or save the images
- Supports FEN

ChessUp's links can be used in newsgroups, forums, email, or anywhere
else you can write text. Here is an example:

http://chessup.net/result.php?fen=4r...P6/2PQB1P1/6K1

If you want to save the images, you can easily save ChessUp images and
post them on your server, too.

Here is a gallery of diagrams created using ChessUp:

http://chessup.net/gallery.php

I hope you find ChessUp to be useful!

ChessUp is an online tool for creating chess diagrams. It is 100%
browser-based and free. I invite everyone to check it out:

You can already do this with a screenshot and any regular chess server.


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The main feature in ChessUp is the ability to link to the diagrams you
created. You don't need to find a server and post an image to it.
Example:

http://tinyurl.com/k4k2x


Ray Gordon wrote:
ChessUp is an online tool for creating chess diagrams. It is 100%
browser-based and free. I invite everyone to check it out:

You can already do this with a screenshot and any regular chess server.


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"Google maintains the USENET." -- The Honorable R. Barclay Surrick, Eastern
District of PA Judge
From Parker v. Google, E.D.Pa. #04-cv-3918

wrote:
The main feature in ChessUp is the ability to link to the diagrams
you created. You don't need to find a server and post an image to
it.

This is all very well but just posting the FEN string still has the
advantage that it can be cut and pasted into a chess program and then
the pieces can be moved around. Of course, the ChessUp URL still
includes most of the FEN: if it could be extended to a full FEN string
(including the side to move), everybody would win. The people who
want to click the link can click the link; the people who want to use
a chess program can do that.


Dave.

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David Richerby wrote:
wrote:
The main feature in ChessUp is the ability to link to the diagrams
you created. You don't need to find a server and post an image to
it.

This is all very well but just posting the FEN string still has the
advantage that it can be cut and pasted into a chess program and then
the pieces can be moved around. Of course, the ChessUp URL still
includes most of the FEN: if it could be extended to a full FEN string
(including the side to move), everybody would win. The people who
want to click the link can click the link; the people who want to use
a chess program can do that.


Thank you for the feedback.

ChessUp does support the position part of FEN. On the main GUI, you
can click "Enter FEN", paste the text, and then get the image.

Also, on the image result page, FEN notation is always displayed below
the image for your convenience:

http://chessup.net/result.php?fen=4r...P6/2PQB1P1/6KQ

Spacer, I find your site useful, but your FEN misses non-positional
data. Like, whose turn it is, what turn number it is, etc.

Here's my FEN:
2Rb4/4k3/1p2p1p1/7p/P4r2/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 41

Here's your FEN:
2Rb4/4k3/1p2p1p1/7p/P4r2/8/5K2/8

http://chessup.net/result.php?fen=4r...P6/2PQB1P1/6KQ

wrote:

the pieces can be moved around. Of course, the ChessUp URL still
includes most of the FEN: if it could be extended to a full FEN string
(including the side to move), everybody would win. The people who


Thank you for the feedback.

Also, on the image result page, FEN notation is always displayed below
the image for your convenience:

http://chessup.net/result.php?fen=4r...P6/2PQB1P1/6KQ

Also, it would be nice to have a "Flip Board" option. Sometimes I would
rather show the board from Black's perspective.

wrote:
Spacer, I find your site useful, but your FEN misses non-positional
data. Like, whose turn it is, what turn number it is, etc.

Here's my FEN:
2Rb4/4k3/1p2p1p1/7p/P4r2/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 41

Here's your FEN:
2Rb4/4k3/1p2p1p1/7p/P4r2/8/5K2/8

http://chessup.net/result.php?fen=4r...P6/2PQB1P1/6KQ

wrote:

the pieces can be moved around. Of course, the ChessUp URL still
includes most of the FEN: if it could be extended to a full FEN string
(including the side to move), everybody would win. The people who


Thank you for the feedback.

Also, on the image result page, FEN notation is always displayed below
the image for your convenience:

http://chessup.net/result.php?fen=4r...P6/2PQB1P1/6KQ

wrote:
Thank you for the feedback.

ChessUp does support the position part of FEN.

I think you've missed my point. Your URLs include the position part
of the FEN string but not the information about whose move it is.
Therefore, I can't cut and paste the FEN from the URL into. say,
WinBoard and then move the pieces around -- WinBoard doesn't know
whose move it is. If you included the `to move' information in the
URL (and, indeed, in the diagram -- it's not always obvious from the
position), your software would be more useful both for people who want
to use it (like you) and people who would rather use a chess program
to see chess diagrams (like me) because then they can move the pieces
around.


Dave.
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