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Subject: A banal question

Author: Guido

Date: 07:23:02 08/24/99


Why in the FEN format is it necessary to write the number of empty
square till the end of each rank and eventually to the end of the board?

Example:        2K5/2P5/8/6k1/3P4/8/3r2N1/8 w  ....
Why not so:    2K/2P//6k/3P//3r2N w  ....

It seems equally readable by humans, very easy to implement in the
programs without losing compatibility with the current format and
saves some bytes.

Guido



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