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Subject: Re: fen string question -- 50-move rule counter

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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