Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 01:05:14 01/08/00
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On January 08, 2000 at 03:38:07, John R. Menke, Sr. wrote: There are four required EPD fields, presented in this order: 1. a forsythe position description 2. color to move: 'w' or 'b' 3. castling rights: KQkq for white and black, king and queenside, '-' if none 4. if an en-passant move is possible, the file of the pawn which was just advanced: 'a' through 'h', or '-' if no en-passant available. Then there is FEN, which adds more attributes afterwards (var=value; etc;). ObTest: [D]r1bqkb1r/ppppn1pp/2n2P/3N/3P1p/5N/PPP1Q1PP/R1B1KB1R w KQkq - ; bm Ng5 ObSmiley: [D]8/8/2p2p2/2P2P2/8/1P4p1/2KQqk2/8 w - - Ian >I like it too, but wonder what an "EPD" string is, and exactly how everything >works? As a not very technical person, I don't understand whatever variables are >involved -- particularly that "stuff" at the end. I know about Forsythe >notation, of course, but that's about it. >--JRM > >On January 07, 2000 at 16:55:23, Chris Carson wrote: > >>Tim, >> >>I like it. :) >> >>Best Regards, >>Chris Carson
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