Originally posted by ckoh1965
OK, I'll it out first and see if I can make anything out of it... thx.
having re-read the FAQ page it does appear that this could perhaps do with an update.
example FEN:
rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR
basically the FEN is made up of the positions of the pieces (read from the top left and read down as per a paragraph of text) so that the first line of my example is:
rnbqkbnr = Rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, rook
as you can see the knights are denoted by an 'n' rather than a 'k' (this is used for the king)
the second line being the pawns:
pppppppp = eight pawns in a row
lines three and four are:
8 = eight blank squares
line five is
4P3 = four blank quares then a pawn and then three blank squares
line six is empty again:
8
line seven is:
PPPP1PPP = four pawns, one blank square followed by three pawns
line eight (bottom line of the board) is
RNBQKBNR = Rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, rook
Use lower case letters for black and UPPER case letters for white