[computer-go] Storing positions

["Peter McKenzie" <peter_mckenzie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there a standard format for storing Go positions in a compact way that is 
easy for both humans and programs to parse?

In chess there is something called FEN which does this.  Here is the basic 
FEN for the starting position (I've left out a couple of details for total 
simplicity) in chess:

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w

The board is read left to right, top to bottom.
Each '/' signifies a new rank (it is redundant but makes it easy to read), 
and a numerical digit signifies that number of empty squares.

> > From the little that I've looked at SGF it seems rather complex for simply 
storing a position.

cheers,
Peter

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