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skak

Fonts and macros for typesetting chess games.

This package provides macros and fonts in MetaFont format which can be used to typeset chess games using PGN, and to show diagrams of the current board in a document. The package builds on work by Piet Tutelaers — the main novelty is the use of PGN for input instead of the more cumbersome coordinate notation (`g1f3` becomes the more readable `Nf3` in PGN).

An Adobe Type 1 implementation of skak's fonts is available as package skaknew; an alternative chess notational scheme is available in package texmate, and a general mechanism for selecting chess fonts is provided in chessfss.

The author is Torben Hoffmann.

License: lppl Version: 1.3 Catalogued: 2007-01-14

- Visit
  - Visit a nearby CTAN:/fonts/chess/skak. If this fails, try Cambridge.
  - Visit Cambridge:/fonts/chess/skak
- Download
  - Download from a nearby CTAN (automatically identified).
  - Download from Cambridge.
- Documentation
  - User manual: skakdoc.ps.
  - Reference card: refman.ps.
  - Information symbols: informator.ps.
  - Example typesetting a game: tuggame.ps.
- Distributions
  - This package is included in TeX Live.
  - This package is included in MikTeX.