[blind-chess] Lewis, more on FEN was: Re: Alvin, correct Re: Spoiler Alert Problem WAC008
- From: "R Dinger" <rrdinger@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:52:27 -0700
Hi Lewis,
The reason I include the extra fields is so folks can dump the complete FEN
into a chess engine for solution if they want. It sounds like Rod is going
to send out an article on the complete FEN notation, if you are interested
it is part of the PGN (portable game notation) standard, which you can
probably find on line somewhere.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Knightrider" <adatewithmate@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:31 PM
Subject: [blind-chess] Re: Alvin, correct Re: Spoiler Alert Problem WAC008
Rod,
Thank you.. I had no idea there were 6 fields. And yes, I only know the one
field.
Lewis
-----Original Message-----
From: Roderick Macdonald <rmacd@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:14 AM
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-chess] Re: Alvin, correct Re: Spoiler Alert Problem WAC008
Lewis,
I hope to post an article soon explaining the FEN notation, but briefly:
There are six fields (or parts) to a full FEN diagram. The first gives the
position, and we all know that part. Often that isd all that is given, but
if not, the next field indicates the color of the side with the next move.
So the "W" in Richard's diagram indicates that white is to move.
The third field indicates castling rights. If neither side can castle - as
in Richard's diagram - this is indicated with a hyphen - "-". Otherwise it
is something like "kqkq" the first "k" means whtie can castle kingside,
the second that black can castle kingside; and the first "q" means white
can castle queenside while the second means black can do so.
The fourth field indicates a target square for "en passant". More on that
next time, but when there is none, it is indicated with a hyphen.
The fifth field indicates the number of the "half-mvoe" and the sixth
field the number of the "full move." More on those later too.
Rod
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