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+_________ .__                            _____                             .__   
+\_   ___ \|  |__   ____   ______ ______ /     \ _____    ____  __ _______  |  |  
+/    \  \/|  |  \_/ __ \ /  ___//  ___//  \ /  \\__  \  /    \|  |  \__  \ |  |  
+\     \___|   Y  \  ___/ \___ \ \___ \/    Y    \/ __ \|   |  \  |  // __ \|  |__
+ \______  /___|  /\___  >____  >____  >____|__  (____  /___|  /____/(____  /____/
+        \/     \/     \/     \/     \/        \/     \/     \/           \/      
+
+Both short algebraic (SAN) and long algebraic (UCI) are valid input methods.
+Remember to use uppercase for piece (R, N, B, Q, K, P) and lowercase
+to select square (e4, f3, etc.).
+
+┌─┐┌─┐┌──┐┌──┐┌─┐  ┌─┐┌──┐┌──┐  ┌─┐┌─┐┌─┐┌──┐┌─┐
+│b││x││a8││=q││+│  │Q││c3││e5│  │R││2││-││c1││#│
+└┬┘└┬┘└─┬┘└─┬┘└┬┘  └┬┘└─┬┘└─┬┘  └┬┘└┬┘└┬┘└─┬┘└┬┘
+ │  │   │   │  │    └───┼───┼────┴──┼──┼───┼──┼── 1 > attacker
+ └──┼───┼───┼──┼────────┴───┼───────┴──┼───┼──┼── 2 > attackersquare
+    └───┼───┼──┼────────────┼──────────┴───┼──┼── 3 > captures/goes to
+        └───┼──┼────────────┴──────────────┴──┼── 4 > targetsquare
+            └──┼──────────────────────────────┼── 5 > pawn promotion
+               └──────────────────────────────┴── 6 > check/checkmate
+
+1 > R, N, B, Q, K, P - remember to use capital letters!
+2 > required if column (a-h), row (1-8) or both (a1-h8) uncertain
+3 > (optional)
+4 > always required with column (a-h) and row (1-8) coordinates
+5 > required if pawn is promoted (Q, R, N, B)
+6 > (optional) note '+' to say check and '#' to say checkmate
+
+Valid inputs > 'rook on 2 goes to c1 with check', 'Nf3', 'e2e4'
+'b takes c8 /q CHECKMATE', 'O-O-O', 'castle queenside', 'd4', etc.
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