How to read F.E.N ?
What is F.E.N?
F.E.N; is an abbreviation of Forsyth-Edward Notation for any chess position.It’s a simple method to describe resulting chess position in order to make chess diagrams using just a simple text. Anyone who has mastered the notation would simply imagine the chess position given any position. The learning method is not a steep one.
The issue is this diagram generating process takes a lot of server resources.Please use this as wise as you can.Be reasonable that you won’t use as decorative purposes.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When posting to your sites, this feature should be used with discretion. Diagrams generated from FEN strings consume a lot of computer resources, and also make pages load slower. Therefore, we request that you do not post too many diagrams in any single message, and never use this feature for decorative purposes. Thank you!
Of course, true FEN indicates information regarding whose move it is, castling rights, en passant, the 50 move rule, etc.
Using F.E.N
A vital thing is that the board is broken into eight ranks. (A rank is a chess term for a row of eight squares running from left to right.) Each rank is converted into a string, then all eight of these strings are compacted together separated only by slashes (/).
Another point to remember is the Knight is represented by ‘n’ & ‘N”; not “k” or “K”. A clue is the lower case is to symbolize Black pieces whereas uppercase is for White pieces.
How to use it on the webpage
Just point to your browser address bar and write this URL :
http://madupakhaji.com/ChessImager/ChessImager.php?fen=
and follow after the ‘=’ sign, your required FEN position.That’s simple, isn’t it? Everything will be done on the background!
Or if you wanna attached them on your website as an image, put it this way;
<img src="http://madupakhaji.com/ChessImager/ChessImager.php?fen=7K/8/k1P5/7p/8/8/8/8"/>
Put a special attention on the URL address whereby ‘ChessImager’ has an uppercase for ‘C’ and ‘I’.
Software generator for FEN
There is one of many websites that has a program to generate the FEN. I came to know one which is Nalimov Endgame Tablebase to analyse your endgame position.It provides special placeholder for us to insert the required FEN position to be generated.
An example:(Richard Reti, 1921) White to play and draw.
