Author: Reinhard Scharnagl
Date: 22:57:51 08/03/05
Here are some facts to objectify the discussion instead of flaming: See following Chess960 position SP-518, you will know it: [D]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 SMK-FEN: rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w AHah - 0 1 X-FEN: rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 FEN: rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 Or look at following playable pseudo-FRC position SP-532 (one of 18 possible): [D]rbbnkqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNKQNR w KQkq - 0 1 SMK-FEN: rbbnkqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNKQNR w AHah - 0 1 X-FEN: rbbnkqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNKQNR w KQkq - 0 1 FEN: rbbnkqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBNKQNR w KQkq - 0 1 In both cases the castling tags are making the difference Because of FEN and SMK-FEN being different, a decision for SMK-FEN will leave behind any compatibility to traditional FEN without any need. Reinhard.
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