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Set up any position by hand
Pick a piece, click a square. Castling rights and the side to move are yours to set, then send the position straight to the engine.
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FEN
rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
›What is a FEN?
One line of text that describes a whole position: where every piece stands, whose turn it is, and what is still allowed. Chess.com and Lichess will both hand you one from any game, usually under a share or export menu.
rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1The starting position, field by field.
- Pieces
- Each rank from 8 down to 1, separated by slashes. Capitals are white, lowercase black, and a digit is that many empty squares in a row.
- Turn
- w or b. Whose move it is.
- Castling
- K and Q for white's kingside and queenside, k and q for black's. A dash means nobody can castle any more.
- En passant
- The square a pawn could be captured on this move after a two-square push. Usually a dash.
- Halfmove clock
- Moves since the last capture or pawn move, for the fifty-move rule.
- Move number
- Which move of the game this is.
If you would rather not type one, set the position up by hand in the board editor and copy the FEN it gives you.