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Consider the following example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[
  a4paper,
  hmargin = 2.4cm,
  vmargin = 3cm
]{geometry}        % https://ctan.org/pkg/geometry
\usepackage{xskak} % https://ctan.org/pkg/xskak

\newcommand*\hestA[2][\svarstedA]{%
  \underline{\makebox[\ifdim\width>#1\width\else#1\fi]{#2}}}
\newcommand*\opgaverLoesningerA[1]{\hestA{\textcolor{blue}{#1}}}
\newcommand*\opgaverLoesningerEkstra[6]{%
  \def\tempA{#1}%
  \def\tempB{#2}%
  \def\tempC{#3}%
  \def\tempD{#4}%
  \def\tempE{#5}%
  \def\tempF{#6}%
  \opgaverLoesninger
}
\newcommand*\opgaverLoesninger[6]{%
\begin{figure}[!htbp]
 \centering
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
   \centering
    \newgame
    \fenboard{\tempB \tempA - - 0 1}%
    \scalebox{1.2}{\showboard}%
    \vspace*{2ex}

    {\LARGE Løsning: \opgaverLoesningerA{\tempC}}%
  \end{minipage}%
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
   \centering
    \newgame
    \fenboard{\tempE \tempD - - 0 1}%
    \scalebox{1.2}{\showboard}%
    \vspace*{2ex}

    {\LARGE Løsning: \opgaverLoesningerA{\tempF}}%
  \end{minipage}
\end{figure}
\vspace*{2ex}

\begin{figure}[!htbp]
 \centering
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
   \centering
    \newgame
    \fenboard{#2 #1 - - 0 1}%
    \scalebox{1.2}{\showboard}%
    \vspace*{2ex}

    {\LARGE Løsning: \opgaverLoesningerA{#3}}%
  \end{minipage}%
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
   \centering
    \newgame
    \fenboard{#5 #4 - - 0 1}%
    \scalebox{1.2}{\showboard}%
    \vspace*{2ex}

    {\LARGE Løsning: \opgaverLoesningerA{#6}}%
  \end{minipage}
\end{figure}}

\begin{document}

\opgaverLoesninger%
  {w}{6k1/6p1/1p5p/3r4/1P6/6P1/4B1KP/8}{Lc4}%
  {w}{1k6/pp6/2p3p1/4n1P1/8/P6P/KP1B4/8}{Lf4}%
  {w}{8/1p4kp/p5p1/B7/3n4/1P5P/2P3P1/6K1}{Lc3}%
  {w}{k7/p6p/1p4p1/3r4/1P5P/P5P1/1KB5/8}{Le4}

\end{document}

When I compile using xelatex, I get the error

! Paragraph ended before \FenBoard was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par 
l.73   {w}{1k6/pp6/2p3p1/4n1P1/8/P6P/KP1B4/8}{Lf4}
                                                  %

Can anyone help me fix this?

P.S. I think it is related to the fact that I try to have more than 9 arguments (here it is 12 arguments) in my macro but I am not sure.

2 Answers2

10

I think you are looking more or less for something like this (I disable the \hestA-command as the dimension \svarstedA is nowhere defined).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[
  a4paper,
  hmargin = 2.4cm,
  vmargin = 3cm
]{geometry}
\usepackage{xskak}

\setchessboard{smallboard}

\newcommand*\hestA[2][\svarstedA]{%
  \underline{\makebox[\ifdim\width>#1\width\else#1\fi]{#2}}}

\newcommand*\opgaverLoesningerA[1]{{\textcolor{blue}{#1}}}
\newcommand*\opgaverLoesningerEkstra[6]{%
  \def\tempA{#1}%
  \def\tempB{#2}%
  \def\tempC{#3}%
  \def\tempD{#4}%
  \def\tempE{#5}%
  \def\tempF{#6}%
  \opgaverLoesninger
}

\newcommand*\opgaverLoesninger[6]{%
\begin{figure}[!htbp]
 \centering
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
   \centering
    \newchessgame[setfen=\tempB\space \tempA - - 0 1,print]%
    \vspace*{2ex}

    {\LARGE Løsning: \opgaverLoesningerA{\tempC}}%
  \end{minipage}%
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
   \centering
    \newchessgame[setfen=\tempE \space \tempD - - 0 1,print]%
    \vspace*{2ex}

    {\LARGE Løsning: \opgaverLoesningerA{\tempF}}%
  \end{minipage}
\end{figure}
\vspace*{2ex}

\begin{figure}[!htbp]
 \centering
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
   \centering
    \newchessgame[setfen = #2 #1 - - 0 1,print]%
    \vspace*{2ex}

    {\LARGE Løsning: \opgaverLoesningerA{#3}}%
  \end{minipage}%
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
   \centering
    \newchessgame[setfen= #5 #4 - - 0 1,print]%
    \vspace*{2ex}

    {\LARGE Løsning: \opgaverLoesningerA{#6}}%
  \end{minipage}
\end{figure}}

\begin{document}

\opgaverLoesningerEkstra%
  {w}{6k1/6p1/1p5p/3r4/1P6/6P1/4B1KP/8}{Lc4}%
  {w}{1k6/pp6/2p3p1/4n1P1/8/P6P/KP1B4/8}{Lf4}%
  {w}{8/1p4kp/p5p1/B7/3n4/1P5P/2P3P1/6K1}{Lc3}%
  {w}{k7/p6p/1p4p1/3r4/1P5P/P5P1/1KB5/8}{Le4}

\end{document}

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Ulrike Fischer
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  • This looks really nice! One small thing: How do I get rid of the small box next to the board, which indicates whether it's white or black to move? (I'll accept ypur answer as soon as this small annoyance is fixed.) – Svend Tveskæg Nov 05 '17 at 17:29
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    Add showmover=false to the \setchessboard:\setchessboard{smallboard,showmover=false}. You can find the description of this keys in the chessboard documentation. – Ulrike Fischer Nov 05 '17 at 18:01
  • HI Ulrike. Sorry, but I've accepted Enrico's answer instead since it's more flexible. (Again: Thank you for helping me!) – Svend Tveskæg Nov 06 '17 at 09:26
  • That's okay -- I didn't try to improve your code, I mostly corrected the chess related commands. But @egreg doesn't use the best command to set the board. You should better use the xskak/chessboard commands from my answer (\newchessgame[setfen = ...]), \fenboard and \showboard are from the skak package and while they work they are a bit alien and not so flexible. – Ulrike Fischer Nov 06 '17 at 09:34
  • Hmmm! I've just noticed some "unexpected" behaviour: Assume I change the first of the 12 arguments of \opgaverLoesningerEkstra in your code from w to b then the square next to board still indicates that it's white's turn. – Svend Tveskæg Nov 23 '17 at 20:35
  • Also: I've posted a related question on https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/402802/wrongly-defined-macro. Can and will you help me fix the problem there? – Svend Tveskæg Nov 23 '17 at 20:52
7

What about having five boards to draw? Or eight?

Here's an implementation that accepts any number of boards and outputs them in pairs in figure environments. If the number is odd, the last one is output by itself in another figure.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[
  a4paper,
  hmargin = 2.4cm,
  vmargin = 3cm
]{geometry}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{xskak}

\setchessboard{smallboard}

\ExplSyntaxOn

\NewDocumentCommand{\opgaverLoesninger}{m}
 {
  \svend_opgaver_loesninger:n { #1 }
 }

\tl_new:N \l__svend_opgaver_final_tl
\seq_new:N \l__svend_opgaver_tables_in_seq
\seq_new:N \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq

\cs_new_protected:Nn \svend_opgaver_loesninger:n
 {
  \seq_set_split:Nnn \l__svend_opgaver_tables_in_seq { \\ } { #1 }
  \seq_clear:N \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq
  \seq_map_inline:Nn \l__svend_opgaver_tables_in_seq
   {
    \seq_put_right:Nx \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq
     {
      \__svend_opgaver_board:nn
       { \clist_item:nn { ##1 } { 1 } } 
       { \clist_item:nn { ##1 } { 2 } } 
      \__svend_opgaver_caption:n { \clist_item:nn { ##1 } { 3 } }
     }
   }
  \__svend_opgaver_make_tables:
 }

\cs_new_protected:Nn \__svend_opgaver_board:nn
 {
  \newgame
  \fenboard{#2 ~ #1 ~ - ~ - ~ 0 ~ 1 }
 }

\cs_new_protected:Nn \__svend_opgaver_caption:n
 {
  \scalebox{1.2}{\showboard}\par
  \vspace*{2ex}
  {\LARGE Løsning: ~ \textcolor{blue}{#1}}
 }

\cs_new_protected:Nn \__svend_opgaver_make_tables:
 {
  \tl_clear:N \l__svend_opgaver_final_tl
  \int_if_odd:nT { \seq_count:N \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq }
   {
    \seq_pop_right:NN \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq \l__svend_opgaver_final_tl
   }
  \int_step_inline:nnnn { 1 } { 2 } { \seq_count:N \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq }
   {
    \begin{figure}[!htbp]
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\textwidth}
    \centering
    \seq_item:Nn \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq { ##1 }
    \end{minipage}
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\textwidth}
    \centering
    \seq_item:Nn \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq { ##1+1 }
    \end{minipage}
    \end{figure}
   }
   \tl_if_empty:NF \l__svend_opgaver_final_tl
   {
    \begin{figure}[!htbp]
    \centering
    \tl_use:N \l__svend_opgaver_final_tl
    \end{figure}
   }
 }

\ExplSyntaxOff

\begin{document}

\opgaverLoesninger{
  w, 6k1/6p1/1p5p/3r4/1P6/6P1/4B1KP/8, Lc4 \\
  w, 1k6/pp6/2p3p1/4n1P1/8/P6P/KP1B4/8, Lf4 \\
  w, 8/1p4kp/p5p1/B7/3n4/1P5P/2P3P1/6K1, Lc3 \\
  w, k7/p6p/1p4p1/3r4/1P5P/P5P1/1KB5/8, Le4 \\
  w, k7/p6p/1p4p1/3r4/1P5P/P5P1/1KB5/8, Le4
}

\end{document}

Instead of a syntax with braces, separating boards with \\ and data in each one with commas is simpler and more readable.

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With slight changes, you can also set the magnification for the boards (default 1.2) and the number of boards per row (default 2).

The magnification is changed with mag=<factor>, the number of boards per row is set with n=<number> in the optional argument to \opgaverLoesninger.

The option single (a boolean, single=true is implicit) will make a single figure environment, but you're responsible for it to fit on a page, of course. It is present in the example just by way of example. If you try \opgaverLoesninger[single]{...} (same mandatory argument for five boards), the float will be too large (not with four boards).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[
  a4paper,
  hmargin = 2.4cm,
  vmargin = 3cm
]{geometry}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{xskak}

\setchessboard{smallboard}

\ExplSyntaxOn

\NewDocumentCommand{\opgaverLoesninger}{O{}m}
 {
  \keys_set:nn { svend/opgaver } { n=2, mag=1.2, single=false, #1 }
  \svend_opgaver_loesninger:n { #2 }
 }

\keys_define:nn { svend/opgaver }
 {
  n      .int_set:N  = \l__svend_opgaver_n_int,
  mag    .tl_set:N   = \l__svend_opgaver_mag_tl,
  single .bool_set:N = \l__svend_opgaver_single_bool,
  single .default:n  = true,
 }

\tl_new:N \l__svend_opgaver_final_tl
\seq_new:N \l__svend_opgaver_tables_in_seq
\seq_new:N \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq

\cs_new_protected:Nn \svend_opgaver_loesninger:n
 {
  \seq_set_split:Nnn \l__svend_opgaver_tables_in_seq { \\ } { #1 }
  \seq_clear:N \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq
  \seq_map_inline:Nn \l__svend_opgaver_tables_in_seq
   {
    \seq_put_right:Nx \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq
     {
      \__svend_opgaver_board:nn
       { \clist_item:nn { ##1 } { 1 } } 
       { \clist_item:nn { ##1 } { 2 } } 
      \__svend_opgaver_caption:n { \clist_item:nn { ##1 } { 3 } }
     }
   }
  \__svend_opgaver_make_tables:
 }

\cs_new_protected:Nn \__svend_opgaver_board:nn
 {
  \newgame
  \fenboard{#2 ~ #1 ~ - ~ - ~ 0 ~ 1 }
 }

\cs_new_protected:Nn \__svend_opgaver_caption:n
 {
  \scalebox{\l__svend_opgaver_mag_tl}{\showboard}\par
  \vspace*{2ex}
  {\LARGE Løsning: ~ \textcolor{blue}{#1}}
 }

\cs_new_protected:Nn \__svend_opgaver_make_tables:
 {
  \bool_if:NT \l__svend_opgaver_single_bool { \begin{figure}[!htbp] \centering }
  \int_step_inline:nnnn
   { 1 } % start
   { \l__svend_opgaver_n_int } % step
   { \seq_count:N \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq } % end
   {
    \bool_if:NF \l__svend_opgaver_single_bool { \begin{figure}[!htbp] \centering }
    \int_step_inline:nnnn { 0 } { 1 } { \l__svend_opgaver_n_int - 1 }
     {
      \tl_if_empty:xF
       { \seq_item:Nn \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq { ##1+####1 } }
       {
        \begin{minipage}[b]{ \dim_eval:n { \textwidth/\l__svend_opgaver_n_int } }
        \centering
        \seq_item:Nn \l__svend_opgaver_tables_out_seq { ##1+####1 }
        \end{minipage}
       }
     }
    \bool_if:NTF \l__svend_opgaver_single_bool { \\ \bigskip } { \end{figure} }
   }
  \bool_if:NT \l__svend_opgaver_single_bool { \end{figure} }
 }
\cs_generate_variant:Nn \tl_if_empty:nF { x }

\ExplSyntaxOff

\begin{document}

\opgaverLoesninger[mag=0.5,n=4,single]{
  w, 6k1/6p1/1p5p/3r4/1P6/6P1/4B1KP/8, Lc4 \\
  w, 1k6/pp6/2p3p1/4n1P1/8/P6P/KP1B4/8, Lf4 \\
  w, 8/1p4kp/p5p1/B7/3n4/1P5P/2P3P1/6K1, Lc3 \\
  w, k7/p6p/1p4p1/3r4/1P5P/P5P1/1KB5/8, Le4 \\
  w, k7/p6p/1p4p1/3r4/1P5P/P5P1/1KB5/8, Le4
}

\end{document}

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egreg
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