Body: <p>When I encounter an interesting question on Chess StackExchange, I would like to import that game to <a href="http://lichess.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://lichess.org</a>, to be able to analyze it with Stockfish. When I use the &quot;Copy game&quot; option (for example from <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/q/33345/23857">this question</a>) and paste that PGN into <a href="https://lichess.org/paste" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://lichess.org/paste</a>, it does not work (I get an empty board).</p>
  <p>It seems that the problem is the <code>[FEN &quot;&quot;]</code> tag: if I remove it, it works. If I replace that tag with <code>[FEN &quot;rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1&quot;]</code>, it also works.</p>
  <p>Is this a bug in lichess or in stackexchange? In other words, is the empty string a valid FEN position?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Maybe this question is more suitable for https://chess.meta.stackexchange.com/?
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Comments.Text: Thanks for the suggestion, I have now posted the question at https://chess.meta.stackexchange.com/q/911/23857
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Tags: <pgn><lichess><fen>
Title: Copy/paste games from Chess StackExchange to lichess.org
ThreadText: # Copy/paste games from Chess StackExchange to lichess.org
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-16)
  
  When I encounter an interesting question on Chess StackExchange, I would like to import that game to <http://lichess.org>, to be able to analyze it with Stockfish. When I use the "Copy game" option (for example from [this question](https://chess.stackexchange.com/q/33345/23857)) and paste that PGN into <https://lichess.org/paste>, it does not work (I get an empty board).
  
  It seems that the problem is the `[FEN ""]` tag: if I remove it, it works. If I replace that tag with `[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]`, it also works.
  
  Is this a bug in lichess or in stackexchange? In other words, is the empty string a valid FEN position?
  
  **Tags:** pgn, lichess, fen
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Maybe this question is more suitable for https://chess.meta.stackexchange.com/?  
  > **username_0**: Thanks for the suggestion, I have now posted the question at https://chess.meta.stackexchange.com/q/911/23857  
  
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