ICC Help: style10

Style 10 was designed to be somewhat readable by humans but easy for a program to interpret. Unlike the other styles, the board is not flipped. White is always at the bottom, and black is always at the top. Castling and en-passant information is also included. Here is an example.

"10" |r b kbnr| |ppp ppp | | nq | | p p| | P | | NQB N| |PPP PPPP| |R KB R| B -1 1 1 1 1 3 0 Darooha Quimbee 1 2 12 39 39 113 129 5 B/c1-e3 (0:22) Be3

The second from last line has 7 fields (separated by blanks). They are: * color whose turn it is to move ("B" or "W") * -1 if the previous move was NOT a double pawn push, otherwise the file (numbered 0--7 for a--h) in which the double push was made * can white still castle on the king side? (0=no, 1=yes) * can white still castle on the queen side? * can black still castle on the king side? * can black still castle on the queen side? * the number of moves made since the last irreversible move. (0 if last move was irreversible. If this is >= 100, the game can be declared a draw due to the 50 move rule.)

The last line has 14 fields separated by blanks. They are: * The game number * White's name * Black's name * is it my turn to move in this game? (1=yes, -1=opponent's move, 0=observing) * initial time (in seconds) of the match * increment of the match * white strength * black strength * white's remaining time * black's remaining time * the number of the move about to be made (standard chess numbering -- White's and Black's first moves are both 1, etc.) * verbose coordinate notation for the previous move ("none" if there were none) * time taken to make previous move "(min:sec)". * pretty notation for the previous move ("none" if there is none)

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