Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:45:14 12/31/01
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On December 31, 2001 at 18:42:17, John Pahl wrote: >Hi, > Hope I am not asking to many quistions about cm8000. >This message board has been very helpfull to me. I am enjoying reading through >all the other post, very interesting. > >I just learned how to save a board postion as a FEN or forsythe file. >In doing that I see you can also save a file as "Board Postion". >I see they are both .txt files. >Why would one want to save a board position as a "Board Postion" file on CM >I the I understand the FEN and the PGN files now, but not sure what its doing >when you save it as "Board Postion" file. > >Much thanks, >JP The "Board Position" is an old format that may now be unique to CM, and no longer supported anywhere else. It is basically an attempt to "visually" describe a board via text, such as this: BR BN BB BQ BK BB BN BR BP BP BP BP BP BP BP BP -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- WP WP WP WP WP WP WP WP WR WN WB WQ WK WB WN WR As far as "why" you would want to use it.... who knows? ;-) jm
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