SET POSITION GAMES

I am trying to tutor a guy; send him positions that embody forks & pins. The set up is very awkward & sometimes generates error messages for which I can see no reason. Is there a way to enter a position viea the PFN (or whatever the initials are)?

Positions are coded into FEN (Forsyth-Edwards Notation) strings, that are (IIRC) part of the PGN standard.

Could I suggest you to use a real program to pass tatical exercises to your friend? Maybe EPD2DIAG, or use plain PGN files, with something like this:

[Event "White to Win"]
[Site "Tactics"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "r1bnr2k/4q1pp/p2Rp3/1p2Qp2/1P5P/P3P3/1B3PP1/1BR3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

{--------------
r . b n r . . k
. . . . q . p p
p . . R p . . .
. p . . Q p . .
. P . . . . . P
P . . . P . . .
. B . . . P P .
. B R . . . K .
white to play
--------------}
*

(this was generated with WinBoard)

Thank you for your informative reply. However, my real question is: it there any way to insert a FEN into the set-up board without plugging it into the diagram, piece by piece?

You mean, you already have the FEN string, and want to setup a board on TimeForChess/RedHotPawn using the FEN string, instead of clicking and clicking and clicking and clicking and clicking?

In case that this is your question, I'm afraid I canno't help you. I never tried to setup a position in a board here...

Originally posted by cesarakg
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In case that this is your question, I'm afraid I canno't help you. I never tried to setup a position in a board here...

Originally posted by AJAXO
I am trying to tutor a guy; send him positions that embody forks & pins. The set up is very awkward & sometimes generates error messages for which I can see no reason. Is there a way to enter a position viea the PFN (or whatever the initials are)?

congratulations AJAXO, with Andrew you have a nice partner 😉 I guess you'll get it! 😀
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Many thanks to you guys for helping me out. I think one cannot input a FEN to setup. I've tried every-whitch-away. Why I wanted to do that; my guy makes a move which kills the shot & I must set up the board again. And again. Since going clickety-click generates a FEN & since that FEN can be copied to Notepad it should be easy to copy FROM Notepad. But, nooooooo.:'(

Why don't you try some peer-to-peer chess game? Or you can organize some chess class on ICC or something like... Or write a chess class using ChessBase Light, or other chess program (BookUp?).