EPIN Examples

Quick implementation guide for Extended Piece Identifier Notation v1.0.0.

Single-Style Games

Western Chess (Both Players)

EPIN	Interpretation
`P`	White pawn (Chess style)
`-P`	White pawn, en passant vulnerable (Chess style)
`+R`	White rook, castling eligible (Chess style)
`Q`	White queen (Chess style)
`+K`	White king, castling eligible (Chess style)
`p`	Black pawn (Chess style)
`-p`	Black pawn, en passant vulnerable (Chess style)
`+r`	Black rook, castling eligible (Chess style)
`q`	Black queen (Chess style)
`+k`	Black king, castling eligible (Chess style)

Japanese Shōgi (Both Players)

EPIN	Interpretation
`K`	White king (Shōgi style)
`R`	White rook (Shōgi style)
`+R`	White promoted rook (Shōgi style)
`G`	White gold general (Shōgi style)
`S`	White silver general (Shōgi style)
`+S`	White promoted silver general (Shōgi style)
`P`	White pawn (Shōgi style)
`+P`	White promoted pawn (Shōgi style)
`k`	Black king (Shōgi style)
`r`	Black rook (Shōgi style)
`+r`	Black promoted rook (Shōgi style)
`g`	Black gold general (Shōgi style)
`s`	Black silver general (Shōgi style)
`+s`	Black promoted silver general (Shōgi style)
`p`	Black pawn (Shōgi style)
`+p`	Black promoted pawn (Shōgi style)

Cross-Style Games

Chess vs. Ōgi

First player (uppercase): Chess style Second player (lowercase): Ōgi style

EPIN	Interpretation
`P`	White pawn (Chess style - native)
`P'`	White pawn (Ōgi style - foreign)
`R`	White rook (Chess style - native)
`R'`	White rook (Ōgi style - foreign)
`+R'`	White promoted rook (Ōgi style - foreign)
`Q`	White queen (Chess style - native)
`I'`	White princess (Ōgi style - foreign)
`p`	Black pawn (Ōgi style - native)
`p'`	Black pawn (Chess style - foreign)
`r`	Black rook (Ōgi style - native)
`r'`	Black rook (Chess style - foreign)
`q'`	Black queen (Chess style - foreign)
`i`	Black princess (Ōgi style - native)