Author: Albert Silver
Date: 14:34:59 12/26/05
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On December 26, 2005 at 16:33:44, Majd Al-Ansari wrote:
>On December 26, 2005 at 09:24:11, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On December 26, 2005 at 09:22:01, Majd Al-Ansari wrote:
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>>>How do you guys show boards here on this forum? Thanks.
>>
>>type [D] and right after paste your FEN.
>>
>> Albert
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>
>I really hate to sound ignorant but could you tell me how to get the FEN file.
>I am assuming it is the string of characters that describes the position, but
>how do you transform a certain position on the board to a FEN file. I guess
>there must be some sort of way you can turn a flag off or on if castling was
>done or if it is still a possibility.
>
>Thank you in advance
It depends on the interface you are using. If you have a Fritz program (or
Junior, Hiarcs, etc.), then start the program, press 's' (lowercase) for
Position Setup, set up the position, and click on 'Copy FEN'. This copies the
position to the Windows clipboard, so that you can paste it wherever you like.
If you don't have one, then you can use the free Arena available at
http://www.playwitharena.com
In Arena, go to the Position menu, click on 'Setup a Position', set up the
position, then click Ok. Now, go again to the Position menu, and at the bottom
select 'Copy FEN to clipboard', and it will copy the position in FEN format to
the Windows clipboard. You can paste it here.
The Windows keyboard shortcut to paste is Ctrl-V by the way.
Albert
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