Author: Jim Bell
Date: 09:09:39 08/13/00
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On August 13, 2000 at 05:40:16, Tim Foden wrote: >On August 12, 2000 at 17:17:28, Carlos del Cacho wrote: ><snip> >>Some fen strings include the number of >>times this position has arised throughout the game and the number of moves since >>the last capture, pawn move or castling move (to apply correctly the 50 move >>rule). Most test suites don't include these two. You can find more info in the >>PGN standard. > >The numbers are the half move clock, and the full move number. > >The half move clock is the number of half moves since the last capture, pawn >move, castling move. > >The full move number is simply the next move number for the game. I don't think you are supposed to reset a 50-move-rule counter when a castling move is made.
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