diff --git a/__tests__/ascii.test.ts b/__tests__/ascii.test.ts
index 9342992..4888f40 100644
--- a/__tests__/ascii.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/ascii.test.ts
@@ -22,4 +22,26 @@ describe('ASCII Board', () => {
 
     expect(chess.ascii()).toBe(output.join('\n'))
   })
+
+  it('Draws an ASCII board with a custom separator', () => {
+    const output = [
+      '   +------------------------+',
+      ' 8 | r  .  .  .  .  r  k  . |',
+      ' 7 | .  .  .  .  n  q  p  p |',
+      ' 6 | .  p  .  p  .  .  .  . |',
+      ' 5 | .  .  p  P  p  p  .  . |',
+      ' 4 | b  P  P  .  P  .  .  . |',
+      ' 3 | R  .  B  .  N  Q  .  . |',
+      ' 2 | P  .  .  .  .  P  P  P |',
+      ' 1 | .  R  .  .  .  .  K  . |',
+      '   +------------------------+',
+      '     a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h',
+    ]
+
+    const chess = new Chess(
+      'r4rk1/4nqpp/1p1p4/2pPpp2/bPP1P3/R1B1NQ2/P4PPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 28'
+    )
+
+    expect(chess.ascii("\r\n")).toBe(output.join('\r\n'))
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/chess.ts b/src/chess.ts
index 647f4d0..6a18e98 100644
--- a/src/chess.ts
+++ b/src/chess.ts
@@ -2106,8 +2106,8 @@ export class Chess {
     return null
   }
 
-  ascii() {
-    let s = '   +------------------------+\n'
+  ascii(separator = '\n') {
+    let s = `   +------------------------+${separator}`
     for (let i = Ox88.a8; i <= Ox88.h1; i++) {
       // display the rank
       if (file(i) === 0) {
@@ -2125,11 +2125,11 @@ export class Chess {
       }
 
       if ((i + 1) & 0x88) {
-        s += '|\n'
+        s += `|${separator}`
         i += 8
       }
     }
-    s += '   +------------------------+\n'
+    s += `   +------------------------+${separator}`
     s += '     a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h'
 
     return s