LOL! I just checked Project Gutenberg where there are few chess titles and I see that some intrepid soul dutifully transcribed positions of a book by Lasker using "ASCII art". I should feel lucky!
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8 | | | #K | | | | | |
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7 | | | #P | | | | | #P |
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6 | #P | | | | | | #P | |
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5 | | | | | | | | |
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4 | | | | | | | | |
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3 | | | | | | | | ^P |
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2 | ^P | | ^P | ^K | | ^P | | |
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1 | | | | | | | | |
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A B C D E F G H
Diag. 63
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