Author description: The ChessBard takes the input of the algebraic notation for a chess game in .PGN format (digital file format for archived chess games) and outputs a poem. The poems are based on 12 source poems Aaron wrote, 6 poems for the white pieces, 6 poems for the black pieces: there is a 64 word poem for each colour’s pawns, knights, rooks, bishop, queen and king. When a piece lands on a square it triggers a word from the source poems and the translator, by using a series of language templates Aaron and Jody built, compiles them together into a poem. The site itself includes a translator capable of inputting any chess game in .pgn format as well as a playable version that combines the translator with a chess-playing AI. For more of the specific details of the process you can visit about and if you are interested in the poetic considerations of the project, you can find some information here

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