Comments on: Easy chess games for kids (mate in one) http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/ Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-4993 admin Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:56:22 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-4993 I'm personally using Linux, so I can't really help you on Windows. I guess it's possible to install TeX Live or teTeX, but I think that will not be easy (requires a lot of libraries, and maybe the Cygwin tools also). About the chess12.sty, the name of the package is <strong>chess12</strong>, but inside you'll have the chess.sty file which is the required one, not chess12.sty. What are these screenshots you want? I don't understand. Screenshots of what? I can't add coordinates (you're right that would be nice to have them), because the chess12 package doesn't support them at all. There are other TeX packages that support them (chessboard, skak, skaknew, etc.) but the tool (scid) I have to convert PGN to TeX only supports that chess12 package. If I find a converter that supports these other packages, I'll generate what you asked with pleasure! I’m personally using Linux, so I can’t really help you on Windows. I guess it’s possible to install TeX Live or teTeX, but I think that will not be easy (requires a lot of libraries, and maybe the Cygwin tools also).
About the chess12.sty, the name of the package is chess12, but inside you’ll have the chess.sty file which is the required one, not chess12.sty.
What are these screenshots you want? I don’t understand. Screenshots of what?
I can’t add coordinates (you’re right that would be nice to have them), because the chess12 package doesn’t support them at all. There are other TeX packages that support them (chessboard, skak, skaknew, etc.) but the tool (scid) I have to convert PGN to TeX only supports that chess12 package.

If I find a converter that supports these other packages, I’ll generate what you asked with pleasure!

]]> By: Kunal Shah http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-4871 Kunal Shah Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:38:14 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-4871 Respected Sir, In my Laptop Windows 7 is installed. Do I need to install Linux or current operating system Windows 7 is enough..? I don't know anything about Linux. Since 2 weeks I am asking my friends' if they can help me.. About chess12.sty..where do I have to install & as you had told run 'make' and then 'make install' these files I can see but with which program it will be open. If I am not wrong chess12.sty isn't there in the above zip file..chess.sty is what I can see. Sir it's my humble request if you can post screenshots in a zip file how do u generate PDF file then I will be HIGHLY OBLIGE OF YOU. I am downloading TeX Generator (Live TeX) from http://tug.org/texlive/ Is it ok or not..? Is it possible to generate PDF file having co ordinates all the sides in each & every diagram so that students(Especially between 4 - 6 yrs) can easily write answer. Thanks in Advance Respected Sir,
In my Laptop Windows 7 is installed. Do I need to install Linux or current operating system Windows 7 is enough..? I don’t know anything about Linux. Since 2 weeks I am asking my friends’ if they can help me..
About chess12.sty..where do I have to install & as you had told run ‘make’ and then ‘make install’ these files I can see but with which program it will be open. If I am not wrong chess12.sty isn’t there in the above zip file..chess.sty is what I can see.
Sir it’s my humble request if you can post screenshots in a zip file how do u generate PDF file then I will be HIGHLY OBLIGE OF YOU.
I am downloading TeX Generator (Live TeX) from http://tug.org/texlive/
Is it ok or not..?
Is it possible to generate PDF file having co ordinates all the sides in each & every diagram so that students(Especially between 4 – 6 yrs) can easily write answer.
Thanks in Advance

]]> By: admin http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-4808 admin Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:28:17 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-4808 @Kunal: You need to get the chess12.sty module from the CTAN archive, which is on http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/chess/chess/ Download the .zip, extract it, run 'make' and then 'make install'. About the filename, the name mate_in_one.tex is the name I set when generating the tex file from the pgn file, using Scid. Just rename it to mat_temp.tex to clean it up, and then do : <code>cat mat_temp.tex |grep -v "\\\\$" > mate_in_one.tex latex --output-format=pdf mate_in_one.tex </code> @Kunal: You need to get the chess12.sty module from the CTAN archive, which is on http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/chess/chess/
Download the .zip, extract it, run ‘make’ and then ‘make install’.

About the filename, the name mate_in_one.tex is the name I set when generating the tex file from the pgn file, using Scid.
Just rename it to mat_temp.tex to clean it up, and then do :
cat mat_temp.tex |grep -v "\\\\$" > mate_in_one.tex
latex --output-format=pdf mate_in_one.tex

]]> By: Kunal Shah http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-4795 Kunal Shah Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:45:30 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-4795 Respected Sir, Entire first will you please tell with which software should I generate .tex or .ltx file...scid or pascal georges...? After creating .tex for example k.tex When I open k.tex file on the header it shows.... % This is a LaTeX file generated by Scid. % You must have the "chess12" package installed to typeset this file. so where can I get chess12.sty..? other question is in your below commands do I have to mention my file name instead of mate_in_one.tex ? cat mat_temp.tex |grep -v "\\\\$" > mate_in_one.tex latex --output-format=pdf mate_in_one.tex As I had tried a lot to find above commands but my efforts were useless.. Respected Sir,
Entire first will you please tell with which software should I generate .tex or .ltx file…scid or pascal georges…?

After creating .tex for example k.tex When I open k.tex file on the header it shows….
% This is a LaTeX file generated by Scid.
% You must have the “chess12″ package installed to typeset this file.
so where can I get chess12.sty..?
other question is in your below commands do I have to mention my file name instead of mate_in_one.tex ?
cat mat_temp.tex |grep -v “\\\\$” > mate_in_one.tex
latex –output-format=pdf mate_in_one.tex

As I had tried a lot to find above commands but my efforts were useless..

]]> By: admin http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-4772 admin Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:49:43 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-4772 <blockquote> <a href="#comment-4688"> <strong><em>Kunal Shah:</em></strong> </a> <p>I had got tex file but I am stuck up after it….what to do…?</p> </blockquote> Hmm, where exactly are you stuck? I detailed the commands to use to generate the PDF file. If you don't have or don't want to go through the trouble of generating the file yourself, I linked the resulting document in the article (http://www.gradstein.info/static/mate_in_one.pdf )


Kunal Shah:

I had got tex file but I am stuck up after it….what to do…?

Hmm, where exactly are you stuck? I detailed the commands to use to generate the PDF file. If you don’t have or don’t want to go through the trouble of generating the file yourself, I linked the resulting document in the article (http://www.gradstein.info/static/mate_in_one.pdf )

]]> By: Kunal Shah http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-4688 Kunal Shah Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:26:19 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-4688 Respected Sir, Your effort is truly speechless....!!!! I had got tex file but I am stuck up after it....what to do...? Can you please email me...? Thanks Regards Kunal Shah Respected Sir,

Your effort is truly speechless….!!!!

I had got tex file but I am stuck up after it….what to do…?

Can you please email me…?

Thanks

Regards

Kunal Shah

]]> By: Richard http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-3790 Richard Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:49:01 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-3790 Nice to see someone taking the time to do this, presumably from the goodness of your heart as opposed to financial gain. Teaching youngsters to play chess is one of the best things you can do for their development. Nice to see someone taking the time to do this, presumably from the goodness of your heart as opposed to financial gain. Teaching youngsters to play chess is one of the best things you can do for their development.

]]> By: Julian Deverell http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-3761 Julian Deverell Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:42:31 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-3761 It sounds like you went to a lot of effort to produce these pdf files so thanks for taking the time and having the good nature to post them for anyone to use. i have been using them with young pupils who have stated an interest in learning chess and they are proving to be a simple and easy way to learn the rules and play some games. It sounds like you went to a lot of effort to produce these pdf files so thanks for taking the time and having the good nature to post them for anyone to use. i have been using them with young pupils who have stated an interest in learning chess and they are proving to be a simple and easy way to learn the rules and play some games.

]]> By: The kidz home http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-3707 The kidz home Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:53:58 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-3707 thank you I am learning alot here. thank you I am learning alot here.

]]> By: admin http://www.gradstein.info/kid/easy-chess-games-for-kids-mate-in-one/#comment-3658 admin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:12:33 +0000 http://www.gradstein.info/?p=151#comment-3658 Elijah, here is <a href="/static/mate_in_one_without_solution.pdf">the PDF without any solution</a>. I just left the score to know who's supposed to mate as it's not always white. Elijah, here is the PDF without any solution. I just left the score to know who’s supposed to mate as it’s not always white.

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