including a chess postiton in a post

Hi, how do you put a chess postion inside a post? cut and paste?
I haven't done it but I can think of a lot of novice level stuff that
might help beginners but not sure how you get the position posted.
Thanks, don

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth-Edwards_Notation

so create the line you want, and don't forget to use the [fen].

Firstly, you need to learn how to write out a position using a basic FEN (Forsyth-Edwards Notation) string.

Originally posted by schakuhr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth-Edwards_Notation

so create the line you want, and don't forget to use the [fen].

Bet you had fun with those 66 edits, didn't you?

Originally posted by ark13
Bet you had fun with those 66 edits, didn't you?

It had to look evil. Just had to. (Get the picture?)

Originally posted by schakuhr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth-Edwards_Notation

so create the line you want, and don't forget to use the [fen].

So if I use this FEN notation and just enter in the letters and
numbers as shown in the article, RHC software will automatically
recognise the notation and build a chess position from it, right
in this post?
rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

Originally posted by sonhouse
So if I use this FEN notation and just enter in the letters and
numbers as shown in the article, RHC software will automatically
recognise the notation and build a chess position from it, right
in this post?
rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

guess not

Originally posted by sonhouse
guess not

Stick it inside [fen ] [/fen ] without the spaces.



You know you could have worked this out by reply quoting a post with one in and looking at what makes it up.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Stick it inside [fen ] [/fen ] without the spaces.

[fen]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1[/fen]

You know you could have worked this out by reply quoting a post with one in and looking at what makes it up.

I guess so, but that would have required the use of
actual intelligence which in me is in short supply🙂
BTW, what is the significance of the KQkq part? It looks redundant,
and besides that it seems already to have been notated.
Thanks for the clarification.

lets see if that shows just two kings on the board.

kewl, so the other stuff really is redundant.

Read my post again.

Originally posted by sonhouse
I guess so, but that would have required the use of
actual intelligence which in me is in short supply🙂
BTW, what is the significance of the KQkq part? It looks redundant,
and besides that it seems already to have been notated.
Thanks for the clarification.

Castling availability. If neither side can castle, this is "-". Otherwise, this has one or more letters: "K" (White can castle kingside), "Q" (White can castle queenside), "k" (Black can castle kingside), and/or "q" (Black can castle queenside).

En passant target square. If there's no en passant target square, this is "-". If a pawn has just made a 2-square move, this is the position "behind" the pawn.

Halfmove clock: This is the number of halfmoves since the last pawn advance or capture. This is used to determine if a draw can be claimed under the fifty move rule.

Fullmove number: The number of the full move. It starts at 1, and is incremented after Black's move.

Not redundant however it isn't really used for displaying the board in a post (it would be if you were pasting a position into a viewer to analyse).

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Castling availability. If neither side can castle, this is "-". Otherwise, this has one or more letters: "K" (White can castle kingside), "Q" (White can castle queenside), "k" (Black can castle kingside), and/or "q" (Black can castle queenside).

En passant target square. If there's no en passant target square, this is "-". If a pawn has jus ...[text shortened]... aying the board in a post (it would be if you were pasting a position into a viewer to analyse).

Hey Xan, thanks a bunch, thats a big help.
Bowmann: Read his post and YOU figure out which post is more
worthwhile, your single sentence response which is your style to
the real information given by Xan. I have the same problem with your
response to my post about spyware and anti-spy ware progs,
one liners imparting nothing but your own limited knowledge of the
subject.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Hey Xan, thanks a bunch, thats a big help.
Bowmann: Read his post and YOU figure out which post is more
worthwhile, your single sentence response which is your style to
the real information given by Xan.

How does familiarizing yourself with a full FEN string help you to post a position?