Author: h.g.muller
Date: 14:18:52 02/11/06
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On February 11, 2006 at 12:09:48, David Dahlem wrote: > >How do you enter mate-in-1 positions to this program? > >Regards >Dave Through the standard input, white pieces as upper case, black as lower case, and empty squares as a period. Like: RNBQKBNR PPPP.PPP ........ ....P... ......p. .....p.. ppppp..p rnbqkbnr So the ranks have to be entered in ascending numrical order (which seemed logical when I did it, but makes the board appear upside-down if you prepare the input in a file and interpret it as a picture...) As specified in the directions, there is no double move for the pawn, castling or promotion, o this is not really FIDE chess! Keep that in mind when composing your problems. And as an extra, if it can't find a mate in 1, it goes on looking for a mate in 2!
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