Author: Heiner Marxen
Date: 06:07:23 02/03/03
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On February 01, 2003 at 14:50:41, David Rasmussen wrote: >On February 01, 2003 at 14:27:57, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>The FEN string tries to contain as much useful information as is reasonably >>allowed to maintain a compact representation of a position. The game history >>removes the compact aspect. >> > >When is it useful to have halfmove count in a FEN? One example: when I get a FEN, and find a forced mate in 10 (19 plies), then I know for sure, that the 50 move rule (which may have been ignored inside the mate analysis) will not turn this mate into a draw, provided the halfmove count of the initial FEN is 81 or less. This does not help about possible draws by repetition, correct. For that you have to give a PGN, not just a FEN. Cheers, Heiner
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