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Subject: Re: FEN

Author: Brian Rodgers

Date: 01:59:00 09/09/01

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On September 09, 2001 at 04:09:39, William Penn wrote:

>Can someone please explain FEN to me? Here's a simple example below. I
>understand the chessboard position, which is simple Forsythe notation. I also
>understand that the "w" stands for white to move, while "b" would be black to
>move. But I don't know what the remaining items mean, nor exactly how they
>should be formatted. Thanks...
>WP
>
>4k3/8/8/8/8/4K3/4P3/8 w - - 01
>
>In case this gets automatically translated into an actual chessboard diagram on
>this forum, here is the same FEN substituting a period (.) for the forward
>slashes (/):
>
>4k3.8.8.8.8.4K3.4P3.8 w - - 01

Well it would go like this to post a diagram.

[D]4k3/8/8/8/8/4K3/4P3/8 w

I believe how this is done.



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