Setup mode

You can setup board using fen or fen960 commands. But what if you do not have FEN? For that situation nocheto has a setup mode.

To get to setup mode, use setup command. Then you can use help command to see all commands you can use in this mode.

Commands:

variant s|91.1.0
set the game variant
s = standard, 9 = chess960
wKe1
put white (w) king (K) on e1
bKe8
put black (b) king (K) on e8
Qb5
put white or black queen (Q) on b8
Color is based on the last added piece (default white)
e1
remove piece from e1
e2e4
move piece from e2 to e4
...
color w|b
set white or black on move
castling -|[KQkqA-Ha-h]
set castling to given letter(s) or remove all castling (using -)
K for white king side castling, Q for queen side
k for black king side castling etc.
A-H for white rook(s) positions in Chess9601.1.0
a-h for black rook(s) positions in Chess9601.1.0
Note: (in Chess960) queen side castling rook must be on left from the king, king side on right
enpassant e3|-, ep
set enpassant position to e3 or remove enpassant
movenumber <n>, mn
set move number to <n>
reset [<id>]
set board to start position
<id>1.1.0 is a Chess960 start position number (0-959)
clean
remove all pieces from board
board, b
show board
viewfen, vf
"show board" shows FEN (default false)
flipboard, fb
flip board
done
save changes and quit setup mode
quit, q
quit setup board mode, discard changes
owner
Show licence / owner details
help, h
show help

Tutorial

Initial position

At first you would probalby want to reset pieces to start position or remove all pieces. You can do that by reset or clean commands.
After that, you can remove, add or move pices on the board.

Adding pieces

You can add piece by writting its annotation letter (K=King, Q=Queen, R=Rook, B=Bishop, N=Knight and P=Pawn) and the field where the piece should be.

For example ke1 adds (white) king on e1.

At first added pieces have automatically white color. To change the color, write b (for black) or w (for white) before the piece letter.

For exemple, bpa7 adds black pawn to a7.

From now all other added pieces will be black (if you do not use w or b to change it.). setup board

Removing and moving pieces

To remove piece from a field, just write the field name.

For example a7 removes pice from a7.

To move piece write fields from where and to where pieces should be moved.

For example a7a6 move pice from a7 to a6.

Who is on move and castling

You can use color w or color b to set who is on the move.

To set who can castle on which side, use castling command. Use upper K for white castle to king side, upper Q for white castling queen side and lower equivalents for black. If nobody can castle use castling -.

For example casting KQq says that white can castle both king and queen side, but black only queen side.

Leaving setup mode

Once the positon is done, use done command to leave setup mode.

If you change your mind and want to get back to the position before you start setup mode use quit.