Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 20:55:48 11/25/98
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On November 25, 1998 at 23:51:47, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >On November 25, 1998 at 19:48:54, wayne johnson wrote: > >>I have seen some positions posted here on icd/ccc. >>Are they in forsyth notation. > >This is how you workout Forsyth Notation > >1. The pieces are represented by letters, White pieces are Capital Letters, >Black are are the small case letters > >2. The Number represent empty squares on the board. > >3. the / mean that it is the end of the row > >4. The way you set up a board is as follows > >Start at the top left square, then go to the right till the end of the row, then >proceed to the line below and follow the same method. > >At the end of the notation line you will notice a (W) or a (B) indicating >whether its is black or white to move. > >So for a brand New game, with pieces at their starting position, the notation >would look like this > >rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/pppppppp/RNBQKBNR/ - - W Most chess programs can load this notation, so just copy it to a TXT file, and load it into your program, or if your software allows, just copy and paste it directly into the program.
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