Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 03:21:04 06/21/03
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On June 21, 2003 at 06:17:46, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On June 21, 2003 at 05:48:26, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: > >>Hi Jorge, >> >>to set up FRC positions there exists a freeware FullChess FEN Editor >>at [http://www.rescon.de/Compu/fullchess7_e.html] (english/german), >>which can also help to visualize position images. > >I prefer to use the Arena FRC GUI because I am too lazy to create a position >from scratch and under the Arena GUI I simply click under File and then >New-Fische-Chess and a new position is created automatically for me. Does the freeware FullChess FEN Editor creates FRC positions automatically for me? > > >>FRC positions together with their castling rights and e.p. potential >>are NOT always encodable by traditional FEN. Therefore that editor >>introduces a slighty extended FRC-FEN, which is fully downwards >>compatible to all conventional chess positions. This FRC-FEN is >>explained at [http://www.rescon.de/Compu/fullchess5_e.html] (english/german). >> >>Please do not forget, that today still only three engines exist, which are >>FRC aware. Overmore there still are some problems to accept all FRC-FEN >>positions correctly even in Arena GUI, which is a wonderfull FRC enabling >>pioneer in the world of GUIs. >> >>Reinhard
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