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M Winther wrote on Fri, May 1, 2009 05:36 PM UTC:
Of course, PGN and FEN already account for Fischer Random positions. One needn't really describe the sequence of relocations, only the resultant position. The game below is a Placement Chess rapid game played by TascBase 2.1/The King. TascBase 2.1 can handle Fischer Random castling.

[Event 'Placement Chess, Rapid']
[Site '?']
[White 'Tascbase 2.1/The King']
[Black 'Tascbase 2.1/The King']
[Result '1/2']
[SetUp '2']
[FEN 'rnkbbqnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKBBQNR w KQkq - 0 1']
1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Bh5 6. d5 Na6 
7. Qd3 Nb4 8. Qb1 Qd6 9. a3 Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. Qc2 Be7 
12. dxe6 dxe6 13. O-O-O Qc6 14. e4 O-O-O 15. exf5 exf5 
16. Qxf5+ Kb8 17. Bd2 Bg6 18. Qh3 Bd6 19. Nh4 Bf7 
20. Nf5 Be6 21. Rhe1 g6 22. Qh4 Bxf5 23. Bf3 Qa6 
24. Qxf6 Qxc4 25. Be3 Qa6 26. Rd2 Ne6 27. Bd5 Rhf8 
28. Qh4 Bc7 29. Bc4 Qc6 30. g4 g5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 
32. Bxg5 Nxg5 33. Qxg5 Bg6 34. Nd5 Qa4 35. Ne3 Re8 
36. Rd1 b6 37. Bd3 Bf4 38. Qf6 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Bxe3+ 
40. Rd2 Bxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Qxg4 42. Qd6+ Kb7 43. Qd5+ Kc7 
44. Qe5+ Kc6 45. Qf6+

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