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Subject: Re: FEN, copying, and pasting.

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 01:08:12 07/23/99

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On July 22, 1999 at 22:46:33, Albert Silver wrote:

>
>>>Thank you Mel for posting the positions of interest. If you can I would also
>>>like to see the whole game score.
>>>
>>>ps. you can use the setup board to copy a fen and past it on CCC.
>>
>>Mark, I am not knowledgeable about FEN, copying, pasting or whatever - I just
>>play chess.
>
>I hope you won't be offended when I say this but using a computer and not
>learning what copying and pasting are is a bit like buying a car and not
>learning how to drive it. FEN notation is simply a way of encoding a chess
>position in as few characters as possible. It makes it easier to pass on
>positions to others as they never have to manually set up the pieces.
>
>Bear with me and I'll explain how you do this.
>
>Copying and pasting can be done a number of ways, but this is one of the
>simplest:
>
>COPYING
>
>- Essentially all you have to do is highlight what you want with the mouse by
>bringing the mouse cursor to the beginning point (upper-left if it's more than
>one line) of the text.
>- Click on it with the left button and while keeping the button pressed bring
>the mouse cursor to the end of the text and let go. You will see the chosen text
>all darkened in navy blue (this explanation goes for Windows operating sytems -
>I can't attest to others).
>- Content that the darkened text is what you want, press Ctrl-C.
>
>You have now copied the highlighted (dark blue) text into the computer's memory.
>Now all you have to do is choose a place to paste it. This is done by pressing
>Ctrl-V. You can thus copy texts from a homepage, open up your word processor,
>click on the text area, and then paste it by pressing Ctrl-V.
>
>With FEN notation and Hiarcs (or any Chessbase chess program) it has been made
>simple by Chessbase. Copy the FEN position following the steps above (here is
>one for practice):
>
>2r5/np1qbpkr/1n2p1p1/3pP3/pP1P1PR1/P2Q1N2/3BN2P/6RK w - - 0 24
>
>Open up Hiarcs 7.32, type 's' or press on 'Board' and then on 'Setup pos...'.
>Now just click on 'Paste FEN' and the position should appear on the board.
>
>To share a position, all you have to do is have the position on the board and
>then type 's' or press on 'Board', then on 'Setup pos...' and now choose 'Copy
>FEN'. Begin writing you message and simply hit Ctrl-V at any point in order to
>paste the FEN position. That's all there is to it! Now you can say you're only a
>chess player who knows how copying and pasting are done. ;-)
>
>                                 Albert Silver

 Many thanks for the information!
 Sune  /also mostly chessplayer/


> Anyway, I don't believe the whole game is important unless you want
>>to see Hiarcs outplayed which is not my purpose here. The point is the moves it
>>makes. Yes, all programs make bad moves now and then, even Kasparov makes a bad
>>move ...well...maybe. The bottom line for me is there is plenty of room for
>>improvement with Hiarcs 7.32.
>>
>>I must tell you that I did not play the games above at one sitting. I would
>>sometimes save the game and continue it at another time.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Mel



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