Author: F. Huber
Date: 04:28:56 08/01/05
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On August 01, 2005 at 07:15:47, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: >On August 01, 2005 at 06:41:17, Daniel Mehrmannn wrote: > >>>>[D]rbnqnrkb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNQNRKB w HFhf - >> >>Yeah, right. That makes allso the code easier for 960 castling verify ;) > >Hi, this is a fine example, that X-FEN still is well recommended for Chess960 >starting positions, because its tags fetched from merely "KQkq" would always >chose one specific and DISTINGUISHABLE castling side to the affected King. > >Using file selection letters in such clear situations like Chess960 starting >positions (or positions 'proposed' as that) is creating nothing but confusion, >e.g. you could not decide at once whether that information really is consistent. > >Well introduced X-FEN is fully satisfied with the methods already included in >old FEN, so especially starting positions are looking very familiar and they >are moreover COMPATIBLE (especially the 18 Pseudo-FRC starting and derived >positions), not like the strange Shredder-FEN format, as a gimmic creating two >different FEN strings for such positions, just depending on your point of view. > >That will create unnecessary PGN / FEN doubles in databases and force the >user to watch the FEN exactly first before he has to switch to the correct >view and never forget about that. Such nonsense could be avoided by using >X-FEN like has been done for years in several applications (e.g. SMIRF). > >See X-FEN: http://www.chessbox.de/xfen_e.html >See Smirf: http://www.chessbox.de/Compu/schachsmirf_e.html > >Reinhard Scharnagl Could you please finally stop posting again and again the same b...s... - it´s really boring and annoying! The problem in this thread has absolutely nothing to do with Shredder-FEN or X-FEN, but was simply a misunderstanding of the FRC castling rules - is this really so hard to understand for you? Franz.
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