Different chess board using skak package

Question

Is it possible to set up a different chess board size, say 4x16, using skak package?

Answer 1

No. At least, the chessboard manual notes this limitation specifically (p. 71):

As arguments in the commands of the package skak you can only use the fields of a 8×8-board.

Presumably, this is not really very surprising given its purpose and basic assumptions.

There is no problem creating a chessboard with different dimensions, of course, but skak is concerned with typesetting games, which involve much more than merely drawing boards.

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[LSB,LSBC3,T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{chessboard}
\storechessboardstyle{4x16}{%
  maxfield=d16,
  borderwidth=10mm,
  boardfontencoding=LSBC3,
  color=white,
  colorwhitebackfields,
  color=black,
  colorblackbackfields,
  blackfieldmaskcolor=black,
  whitepiececolor=yellow,
  whitepiecemaskcolor=red,
  blackpiececolor=cyan,
  blackpiecemaskcolor=blue,
  addfontcolors,
  pgfstyle=border,
  color=white,
  markregion=a1-d16,
  }
\begin{document}
  \chessboard[
    style=4x16,
    setpieces={Qa8,Qb4,Qc1,Qd3,Qb16,Qc12,Qa7,Qc15,qa1,qb14,qc11,qd13,qb6,qc2,qa4,qc5},
    padding=1ex,
  ]
\end{document}