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Subject: Re: please describe forsyth notation - Explained !!

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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