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import textwrap

class ChessMaster:
    
    def __init__(self):
        userInput = self.fromString()
        global boardString 
        boardString = userInput.split(',')
        self.boardString = boardString
        for i in range(0,len(boardString)):
            for j in range(0,len(boardString[i]),2):
                print "|", boardString[i][j:j+2], 
            print "|\n" 
        
    def fromString(self):
        return raw_input("Here is the Chess Board: \n")
        
    def returnWhiteKing(self):
        for i in range(0,len(boardString)):
            for j in range(0,len(boardString[i]),2):
                if boardString[i][j:j+2] == 'kl':
                    return i,j
    
    def IsWhiteKingChecked(self, i,j):
        #print i,j
        r = 0
        p = 1
        q = 2
        if boardString[i+p][j+q*2:j+q*2+2] == 'nd' or boardString[i+q][j+p*2:j+p*2+2] == 'nd' or \
           boardString[i-p][j+q*2:j+q*2+2] == 'nd' or boardString[i+p][j-q*2:j-q*2+2] == 'nd' or \
           boardString[i+q][j-p*2:j-p*2+2] == 'nd' or boardString[i-q][j+p*2:j+p*2+2] == 'nd' or \
           boardString[i-p][j-q*2:j-q*2+2] == 'nd' or boardString[i-q][j-p*2:j-p*2+2] == 'nd' :
            checked = True
        elif  boardString[i-p][j-r*2:j-r*2+2] == 'kd' or boardString[i+p][j-r*2:j-r*2+2] == 'kd' or \
              boardString[i-p][j-p*2:j-p*2+2] == 'kd' or boardString[i+p][j-p*2:j-p*2+2] == 'kd' or \
              boardString[i-p][j+p*2:j+p*2+2] == 'kd' or boardString[i+p][j+p*2:j+p*2+2] == 'kd' or \
              boardString[i+r][j+p*2:j+p*2+2] == 'kd' or boardString[i+r][j-p*2:j-p*2+2] == 'kd' :
            checked = True
        else:
            checked = False
        return checked

def isWhiteInCheck(self):
        i,j = self.returnWhiteKing()
        #print i,j
        result = self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i,j)
        if result : 
            print "isWhiteInCheck: Yes"
        else:
            print "isWhiteInCheck: No"
        return result

def assistCheckMate(self,i,j):
        r = 0; p = 1; temp = 0
        if  self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i, j) : temp +=1
        if  self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i-p, j-r*2) : temp +=1
        else : i1 = i-p; j1 = j-r*2
        if  self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i+p, j-r*2) : temp +=1
        else : i1 = i+p; j1 = j-r*2
        if  self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i-p, j-p*2) : temp +=1
        else : i1 = i-p; j1 = j-p*2
        if  self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i+p, j-p*2) : temp +=1
        if  self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i-p, j+p*2) : temp +=1
        if  self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i+p, j+p*2) : temp +=1
        if  self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i+r, j+p*2) : temp +=1
        if  self.IsWhiteKingChecked(i+r, j-p*2) : temp +=1
        return temp
    
    def isWhiteInCheckMate(self):
        i,j = self.returnWhiteKing()
        temp = self.assistCheckMate(i,j)
        print temp
        if temp == 9:
            print "isWhiteInCheckMate: Yes"
            return True
        else:
            print "isWhiteInCheckMate: No"
            return False
            
    def canBlackCheckMateInOneMove(self):
        i,j = self.returnWhiteKing()
        if self.assistCheckMate(i,j) == 8:
            print "canBlackCheckMateInOneMove: Yes"
            return True
        else:
            print "canBlackCheckMateInOneMove: No"
            return False

obj = ChessMaster()   
obj.isWhiteInCheck()
obj.isWhiteInCheckMate()
obj.canBlackCheckMateInOneMove()

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