modules/core/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/chess/notation/FenParser.scala

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+package de.nowchess.chess.notation
+
+import de.nowchess.api.board.*
+
+object FenParser:
+
+  /** Parses a FEN piece-placement string (rank 8 to rank 1, separated by '/') into a Board.
+   *  Returns None if the format is invalid. */
+  def parseBoard(fen: String): Option[Board] =
+    val rankStrings = fen.split("/", -1)
+    if rankStrings.length != 8 then None
+    else
+      // Parse each rank, collecting all (Square, Piece) pairs or failing on the first error
+      val parsedRanks: Option[List[List[(Square, Piece)]]] =
+        rankStrings.zipWithIndex.foldLeft(Option(List.empty[List[(Square, Piece)]])):
+          case (None, _) => None
+          case (Some(acc), (rankStr, rankIdx)) =>
+            val rank = Rank.values(7 - rankIdx) // ranks go 8→1, so reverse
+            parsePieceRank(rankStr, rank).map(squares => acc :+ squares)
+      parsedRanks.map(ranks => Board(ranks.flatten.toMap))
+
+  /** Parse a single rank string (e.g. "rnbqkbnr" or "p3p3") into a list of (Square, Piece) pairs.
+   *  Returns None if the rank string contains invalid characters or the wrong number of files. */
+  private def parsePieceRank(rankStr: String, rank: Rank): Option[List[(Square, Piece)]] =
+    var fileIdx = 0
+    val squares = scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer[(Square, Piece)]()
+    var failed = false
+
+    for c <- rankStr if !failed do
+      if fileIdx > 7 then
+        failed = true
+      else if c.isDigit then
+        fileIdx += c.asDigit
+      else
+        charToPiece(c) match
+          case None => failed = true
+          case Some(piece) =>
+            val file = File.values(fileIdx)
+            squares += (Square(file, rank) -> piece)
+            fileIdx += 1
+
+    if failed || fileIdx != 8 then None
+    else Some(squares.toList)
+
+  /** Convert a FEN piece character to a Piece. Uppercase = White, lowercase = Black. */
+  private def charToPiece(c: Char): Option[Piece] =
+    val color = if Character.isUpperCase(c) then Color.White else Color.Black
+    val pieceTypeOpt = c.toLower match
+      case 'p' => Some(PieceType.Pawn)
+      case 'n' => Some(PieceType.Knight)
+      case 'b' => Some(PieceType.Bishop)
+      case 'r' => Some(PieceType.Rook)
+      case 'q' => Some(PieceType.Queen)
+      case 'k' => Some(PieceType.King)
+      case _   => None
+    pieceTypeOpt.map(pt => Piece(color, pt))

modules/core/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/chess/notation/FenParserTest.scala

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+package de.nowchess.chess.notation
+
+import de.nowchess.api.board.*
+import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+
+class FenParserTest extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers:
+
+  test("parseBoard: initial position places pieces on correct squares"):
+    val fen = "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR"
+    val board = FenParser.parseBoard(fen)
+
+    board.map(_.pieceAt(Square(File.E, Rank.R2))) shouldBe Some(Some(Piece.WhitePawn))
+    board.map(_.pieceAt(Square(File.E, Rank.R7))) shouldBe Some(Some(Piece.BlackPawn))
+    board.map(_.pieceAt(Square(File.E, Rank.R1))) shouldBe Some(Some(Piece.WhiteKing))
+    board.map(_.pieceAt(Square(File.E, Rank.R8))) shouldBe Some(Some(Piece.BlackKing))
+
+  test("parseBoard: empty board has no pieces"):
+    val fen = "8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8"
+    val board = FenParser.parseBoard(fen)
+
+    board shouldBe defined
+    board.get.pieces.size shouldBe 0
+
+  test("parseBoard: returns None for missing rank (only 7 ranks)"):
+    val fen = "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP"
+    val board = FenParser.parseBoard(fen)
+
+    board shouldBe empty
+
+  test("parseBoard: returns None for invalid piece character"):
+    val fen = "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNX"
+    val board = FenParser.parseBoard(fen)
+
+    board shouldBe empty
+
+  test("parseBoard: partial position with two kings placed correctly"):
+    val fen = "8/8/4k3/8/4K3/8/8/8"
+    val board = FenParser.parseBoard(fen)
+
+    board.map(_.pieceAt(Square(File.E, Rank.R6))) shouldBe Some(Some(Piece.BlackKing))
+    board.map(_.pieceAt(Square(File.E, Rank.R4))) shouldBe Some(Some(Piece.WhiteKing))