Chess board setup mode
You can setup the pieces on the board using fen or fen960 commands. But what if you do not have the FEN? For that situation Nocheto contains the setup mode.
To get to the setup mode, use setup command. Then
you can use help command to see all the 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
- enable/disable showing FEN
- 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
s = standard, 9 = chess960
Color is based on the last added piece (default white)
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
<id>1.1.0 is a Chess960 start position number (0-959)
At first you would probalby want to reset pieces to the 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 cooridantes where the piece should be.
For example ke1 adds (white) king on e1.
The first added pieces have automatically white color.
To select the color, use b (for black) or w
(for white) before the piece letter.
For exemple, bpa7 adds black pawn to a7.
After that all next added pieces will be black (unless you use w or b again).
Removing and moving pieces
To remove a piece from a field, just use the field coordinates.
For example, a7 removes pice from a7.
To move a piece write fields from where and to where the piece should be moved.
For example, a7a6 move pice from a7 to a6.
Who is on move and castling
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 the upper K for white to castle on the king side,
use the upper Q for white to castle on the queen side
and the same letters but lower case for black.
If nobody can have a castle right, use castling -.
For example, casting KQq set the white castlign on both sides,
but black can castle only on the queen side.
Leaving setup mode
Once the positon is done, use done command to keep the changes
and leave the setup mode.
If you change your mind and want to get back to the position before you start
the setup mode, use quit command.