To draw a chessboard

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How to draw a chessboard with unconventional house's colors?

I can draw alternately black and white house. But, I can't draw alternating column colors black and white.

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Red · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-15 12:00:17Z

You can use the chessboard package.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{chessboard}
\usepackage{skak}
\begin{document}
\setchessboard{showmover=false}
\newgame
\chessboard
\end{document}

enter image description here

And you can personalize your chessboard as you want. For example (if I understand correctly what you want to achieve):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[LSBC3,T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{chessboard}
\usepackage{skak}
\usepackage{color}
\begin{document}
\setboardfontencoding{LSBC3}
\setchessboard{showmover=false}
\newgame
\chessboard[
    coloremph,
    fieldmaskcolor=red,
    fieldcolor=red,
    emphareas={a1-a8,c1-c8,e1-e8,g1-g8},
    coloremph,
    fieldmaskcolor=white,
    fieldcolor=white,
    emphareas={b1-b8,d1-d8,f1-f8,h1-h8}]
\end{document}

enter image description here

or more strange configurations:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[LSBC3,T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{chessboard}
\usepackage{skak}
\usepackage{color}
\begin{document}
\setboardfontencoding{LSBC3}
\setchessboard{showmover=false}
\newgame
\chessboard[
    coloremph,
    fieldmaskcolor=red,
    fieldcolor=red,
    emphareas={a8-b7,c3-c5,e4-e7,f7-g7,g1-h3},
    coloremph,
    fieldmaskcolor=white,
    fieldcolor=white,
    emphareas={a1-b6,c6-d8,c1-d2,d3-d5,e8-h8,e1-f3,f4-h6}]
\end{document}

enter image description here

I think link is rot new one is this one repo.iut.ac.ir/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/chessboard/… — Biju jose, May 21 '18 at 18:03

kiss my armpit · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-15 02:16:05Z

With PSTricks

\documentclass[pstricks]{standalone}
\psset{linecolor=brown}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(8,8)
    \multips(0,0)(0,2){4}{%
        \multips(0,0)(2,0){4}{%
            \psframe*(1,1)\psframe*(1,1)(2,2)}}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Algorithm

The following animation shows the algorithm used to generate the board.

enter image description here

Without PSTricks

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm]
\foreach \y in {0,2,...,6}{
    \foreach \x in {0,2,...,6}{
        \fill (\x,\y) rectangle (1+\x,1+\y) rectangle (2+\x,2+\y);}}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

As the output is visually identical, I think I don't need to re-show it again.

Can I to change black color to brown color? – benedito Sep 14 '13 at 18:03 — benedito, Sep 14 '13 at 18:03

Gonzalo Medina · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-15 02:39:34Z

Since the question contains the text "house's color unconventional", I assumed you need control over the colors to be applied and over the size and number of rows/columns of the chessboard. The following allows you to do that; you can easily draw a conventional chessboard, but you can also easily produce unconventional patterns as requested.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{keyval}

\def\Side{\ChessSide}
\newcommand\ChessBoxA{%
  {\fboxsep=0pt\fbox{\color{\ChessColori}\rule{\Side}{\Side}}}}
\newcommand\ChessBoxB{%
  {\fboxsep=0pt\fbox{\color{\ChessColorii}\rule{\Side}{\Side}}}}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\Row[1]{%
  \par\nobreak\nointerlineskip\vskip-\fboxrule%
  \@tfor\@tempa:=#1 \do {\csname ChessBox\@tempa\endcsname\kern-\fboxrule}}
\define@key{chessB}{side}{\def\ChessSide{#1}}
\define@key{chessB}{colori}{\def\ChessColori{#1}}
\define@key{chessB}{colorii}{\def\ChessColorii{#1}}
\setkeys{chessB}{
  side=1.5em,
  colori=black!70,
  colorii=white}
\makeatother

\newcommand\Conventional[1][]{%
\begin{Chessboard}[#1]
\Row{B,A,B,A,B,A,B,A}
\Row{A,B,A,B,A,B,A.B}
\Row{B,A,B,A,B,A,B,A}
\Row{A,B,A,B,A,B,A.B}
\Row{B,A,B,A,B,A,B,A}
\Row{A,B,A,B,A,B,A.B}
\Row{B,A,B,A,B,A,B,A}
\Row{A,B,A,B,A,B,A.B}
\end{Chessboard}%
}

\newenvironment{Chessboard}[1][]
  {\setkeys{chessB}{#1}%
  \par\medskip\setlength\parindent{0pt}}
  {\par\medskip}

\begin{document}

\Conventional

\Conventional[side=10pt,colori=Bittersweet]

\begin{Chessboard}
\Row{B,A,B,A,A,B}
\Row{A,A,B,A,B,B}
\Row{B,A,B,A,B,B}
\Row{A,A,B,B,A,B}
\Row{B,A,B,A,B,B}
\Row{A,A,A,A,B,A}
\end{Chessboard}

\begin{Chessboard}[side=0.8em,colori=MidnightBlue,colorii=Dandelion]
\Row{A,A,B,B}
\Row{A,A,B,B}
\Row{B,B,A,A}
\Row{B,B,A,A}
\end{Chessboard}

\begin{Chessboard}[side=1.2cm,colori=Maroon,colorii=ForestGreen]
\Row{A,A,B,B,A}
\Row{A,B,B,B,A}
\Row{A,B,B,A,A}
\Row{B,B,A,A,B}
\Row{B,B,B,A,B}
\end{Chessboard}

\end{document}

enter image description here

In the example, a simple key=value mechanism allows to control the side of each square, as well as the two colors used to produce the pattern. The keys are side (default=1.5em), colori (default=black!70), and colorii (default=white).

\Conventional draws a conventional chessboard; using an optional argument you can pass the options to this conventional chessboard.

The Chessboard environment allows you to have different patterns; inside this environment you use the \Row command to specify each row; the mandatory argument is a comma separated list of characters "A" and "B" which correspond to the colors to be used in that row; for example, with the default settings,

\begin{Chessboard}
\Row{B,A,B,A,A,B}
\end{Chessboard}

produces

enter image description here

Thanks. One question: How a draw a chessboard with color alternately black and white square 2 by 2? — benedito, Sep 14 '13 at 17:08
@benedito also, please consider editing the title of your question so that it is clear that you are looking for unconventional cheesboard-like designs. — Gonzalo Medina, Sep 14 '13 at 17:26
Unconventional Cheessboard (8 by 8) - I would also like to see how to make a board with only two white houses, no neighbours, and black color on the rest. — benedito, Sep 14 '13 at 18:33

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:36:04Z

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A simplistic tikz approach using Using \pgfmathparse and \ifnum for a TikZ checkerboard

chessboard image

% arara: pdflatex
% !arara: indent: {overwrite: yes}
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm]
    \foreach \x in {0,...,7} \foreach \y in {0,...,7}
    {
        \pgfmathparse{mod(\x+\y,2) ? "black" : "white"}
        \edef\colour{\pgfmathresult}
        \path[fill=\colour] (\x,\y) rectangle ++ (1,1);
    }
    \draw (0,0)--(0,8)--(8,8)--(8,0)--cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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answered Sep 15 '13 at 1:49

cmhughes

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The last draw should be ended by cycle to make the bottom left corner properly fused. – kiss my armpit Sep 15 '13 at 3:12
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to the downvoter, please always leave a comment- it will help me improve the answer – cmhughes Sep 20 '13 at 16:05
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@cmhughes the lower left square should be dark, might explain the downvote. – user45638 Feb 7 '14 at 8:13

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brac37 · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-15 09:32:37Z

If you draw all square edges with a single loop, you can just instruct to color the chessboard: the squares to be colored will be selected automatically.

\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=6mm,y=6mm]
\draw[fill=black!30,even odd rule] (0,0) 
foreach \n in {1,2,3,4} { -- ++ (8,0) -- ++ (0,1) -- ++ (-8,0) -- ++ (0,1) } -- (8,8)
foreach \n in {1,2,3,4} { -- ++ (0,-8) -- ++ (-1,0) -- ++ (0,8) -- ++ (-1,0) } -- cycle
foreach[count=\n] \m in {A,B,...,H} { (-0.4,\n-0.5) node {\n} (\n-0.5,-0.5) node {\m} };
\end{tikzpicture} 
\end{center}

could make this fully compilable, please? everyone else, who answered, did as well. thanks in advance. — naphaneal, May 15 '18 at 10:25

Troy · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-15 18:41:00Z

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\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}[x=6mm,y=6mm]
    \draw[fill=black!30,even odd rule] (0,0) 
    foreach \n in {1,2,3,4} { -- ++ (8,0) -- ++ (0,1) -- ++ (-8,0) -- ++ (0,1) } -- (8,8)

    foreach \n in {1,2,3,4} { -- ++ (0,-8) -- ++ (-1,0) -- ++ (0,8) -- ++ (-1,0) } -- cycle

    foreach[count=\n] \m in {a,b,...,h} { (-0.4,\n-0.5) node {\n} (\n-0.5,-0.5) node {\m} };

    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

edited May 15 '18 at 18:41

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answered May 15 '18 at 18:20

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It looks like you've got two separate accounts, which means you cannot edit your original post or leave comments. The Stack Exchange staff can merge them together for you. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz May 15 '18 at 19:57

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