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Subject: Re: File name extensions

Author: Leen Ammeraal

Date: 08:28:46 11/14/00

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On November 14, 2000 at 07:57:57, Steve Coladonato wrote:

>On November 14, 2000 at 07:54:40, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>On November 14, 2000 at 07:34:44, Leen Ammeraal wrote:
>>
>>>Can someone please explain the file name extensions
>>>.pgn and .fen to me? Are they abbreviations?
>>>Leen Ammeraal
>>
>>PGN = Portable Game Notation
>>FEN : I don't remember well , sorry
>
>FEN is "Forsyth-Edwards Notation"; it is a standard for describing chess
>positions using the ASCII character set.
>
>Taken from: http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~wehner/chess/fentxt.html

Thanks, it was just these abbreviations that I was
curious to know. I already knew what the files are about.
Leen Ammeraal




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