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                                  /\      {====}     )___(
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      /  \   |_____| (( \_  \    )__(      |  |      |   |
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      |  |    |   |   | _.-'|    |  |      |  |      |   |
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     (====)  (=====)  (=====)  (======)  (======)  (=======)
     }===={  }====={  }====={  }======{  }======{  }======={
 jgs(______)(_______)(_______)(________)(________)(_________)

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       {}  {}  {}  { }  { }  { }  { }  {}  {}  {}
  jgs {__}{__}{__}{___}{___}{___}{___}{__}{__}{__}

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| (###) |.(###).| (###) |.(###).| (###) |.(###).| (###) |.(###).|
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|.(###).| (###) |.(###).| (###) |.(###).| (###) |.(###).| (###) |
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| (___) |.(___).| (___) |.(___).| (___) |.(___).| (___) |.(___).|
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|.(___).| (___) |.(___).| (___) |.(___).| (___) |.(___).| (___)C|
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David Conant

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 |______|   |______| |______| |______|  |______| |______| |______|   |______|
 Christi Young


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  (___)    |_|___|  <|______\    /   \     /    \     /    \
  _|_|_    |___|_|   _|____|_   (_____)   (______)   (______)
 (_____)  (_______) (________) (_______) (________) (________)
 /_____\  /_______\ /________\ /_______\ /________\ /________\
                                             __By Alefith 22.02.95__
                   -------------------

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And trophies for the winners :

(from Philip Zeyliger)




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            Staunton-style ASCII-art Chess Pieces

  Row #1 = "regular" chess pieces.  Other rows display at least
one regular piece in order to compare sizes.  (Except for chess
King, Ascii art by david moeser, 1996.)

    .::.
    _::_
  _/____\_        ()
  \      /      <~~~~>
   \____/        \__/         <>_
   (____)       (____)      (\)  )                        __/"""\
    |  |         |  |        \__/      WWWWWW            ]___ 0  }
    |__|         |  |       (____)      |  |       __        /   }
   /    \        |__|        |  |       |  |      (  )     /~    }
  (______)      /____\       |__|       |__|       ||      \____/
 (________)    (______)     /____\     /____\     /__\     /____\
 /________\   (________)   (______)   (______)   (____)   (______)
    King        Queen       Bishop      Rook      Pawn     kNight

                 ()
               <~~~~>                   / \        __      /~~~\
  #######       \__/                   /   \      (__)    ( o o )
 (__o_o__)     (____)       /\/\      (_____)      ||      \ - /
  \_ < _/       |  |       (____)       | |        ||      /   \
   | = |        |  |        |  |        | |        ||     <_> <_>
   |   |        |__|        |  |        |_|        ||       | |
   |___|       /____\       |__|       /   \       ||       |_|
  /_____\     (______)     /____\     (_____)     /__\     /___\
 (_______)   (________)   (______)   (_______)   (____)   (_____)
   Oscar       Queen      Squirrel    Unicorn    Giraffe   Dolly
                                                           Parton


    ++++
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    |__|         |  |       \ __ /     /    \                /   }
   /    \        |__|        |  |      \_  _/              /~    }
   [____]       /____\       |__|       |XX|               \____/
  /______\     (______)     /____\     /____\     ____     /____\
 |________|   (________)   (______)   (______)   (____)   (______)
   Prime        Queen       Squirk     Nixun     Checker   kNight
  Minister                                       (blot)

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    |   |         |  |     `\____ 0 }     WWWWWW         /   /
    |___|         |  |          {   }      |  |         /   /
   /     \        |__|          {   }      |  |        /   /
  (_______)      /____\         /___/      |__|       /___/
 (_________)    (______)       /____\     /____\     /____\
 |_________|   (________)     (______)   (______)   (______)
   Fischer       Queen         Camel       Rook    Seven-Leaper

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 (________)   (______)   (______)   |____|   (____)   (______)
   Queen      Humphrey    Dabbaba   Senetor   Guppy     Agnu

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  (______)    (________)   (_______)   (______)   (_________)
  Route 50      Queen     Ivory Tower   Alfil      Sidewinder
   Leaper

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   /    \       ||         ||         ||                /~    }
  (      )      ||        _||_       _||_       /\      \____/
   \____/     __||__     /____\     /____\     /__\     /____\
  (______)   (______)   (______)   (______)   (____)   (______)
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                                    Guitar

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 |    _) (__/ )\/_) (_    Black      |
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 |______________ (___) ___Battleground

Game Room            
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         )_______(   )______(   )______(   )_____(   )_____(   )____(  
lc      (_________) (________) (________) (_______) (_______) (______)  
           KING       QUEEN      BISHOP     KNIGHT    ROOK      PAWN  

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                                         _
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  _/__\_   (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)   _/__\_
 (_____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (____#)  (_____#) 





White Team
                                         _
                                       _| |_      _
                                      '=; ;='    (_)
                    ,-____     _O_     _|_|_    /~~~\     _O_     ____-,
             ___    )_  o_)   ('__)   (/////)  (\\\\\)   ('__)   (_o  _(    ___
    __      |'__|    /   \    {___}    \___/    \___/    {___}    /   \    |'__|      __
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   /__\     /___\   L_____/   /___\    /___\    /___\    /___\   \_____J   /___\     /__\
  _/__\_   (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)   _/__\_
 (#_____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#____)  (#_____)

Horse

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       [____]

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chess:

If you extract and copy single pieces, please make sure my initials are 
attached as well. 

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ejm97 /__\     /__\   /__\     /__\   /__\     /__\


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ejm97 (   )    (   )    (   )    (   )    (   )    (   )
     [_____]  [_____]  [_____]  [_____]  [_____]  [_____]




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   for use as a sig perhaps:


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