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Subject: Re: Start your engines - EP Notation

Author: Pat King

Date: 12:12:16 04/29/04

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On April 28, 2004 at 18:09:50, John Merlino wrote:

>On April 28, 2004 at 17:53:17, Pat King wrote:
>
>>Zotron also chokes on 'b3' in the
>>en passant field of the EPD, preferring 'b4'. Which is correct, b3 or b4?
>>
>>Pat King
>
>b3 is correct. The protocol says to use the capture square. So, for example,
>here is the correct FEN after 1.e4:
>
>rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq e3 0 1
>
>jm

But the pawn being captured is on e4... guess that's why I took it to be the
'capture square'.



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