Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:50:04 01/12/06
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On January 12, 2006 at 14:40:35, Gustavo Bedoya wrote:
>Hi,
>Firts of all, excuse me for my ignorance, I'm new here and not an computer chess
>expert.
>In a lot of messages I see those writings which seem the positions of pieces
>(>8/2k5/Kp3pp1/7p/P4P2/8/6PP/8 b - - am Kc6; bm h4;)
>As far as I heve understood they are test positions in some kind of code that I
>don't know.
Those are EPD records. The meanings are explained in the PGN standard, section
16.2 EPD.
http://www.tim-mann.org/Standard
>Could you please explain me a little about it.
>It would be nice to learn more
8/2k5/Kp3pp1/7p/P4P2/8/6PP/8 b - - am Kc6; bm h4;
^
8 spaces
8/2k5/Kp3pp1/7p/P4P2/8/6PP/8 b - - am Kc6; bm h4;
^
/ means next row
8/2k5/Kp3pp1/7p/P4P2/8/6PP/8 b - - am Kc6; bm h4;
^
2k5 means 2 spaces, black king, 5 spaces
8/2k5/Kp3pp1/7p/P4P2/8/6PP/8 b - - am Kc6; bm h4;
^
b means black to move
8/2k5/Kp3pp1/7p/P4P2/8/6PP/8 b - - am Kc6; bm h4;
^
- - means no e.p. vulnerability or castle rights
am Kc6 ==> avoid move King to square c6
bm h4 ==> best move pawn to h4
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