To record a chess board position the pieces can be labelled:

 K, k - King
 Q, q - Queen
 B, b - Bishop
 S, s - Knight ('N' may be used)
      (S is derived from the German 'Springer')
 R, r - Rook
 P, p - Pawn

with capital letters referring to white pieces and small letters to black pieces.

The rows of the chess board are listed, starting at the top of the board (row 8), with digits to indicating the number of spaces between pieces. Thus:

1KPP2Pp

means: space, white King, white Pawn, white Pawn, two spaces, white Pawn, black Pawn.

Here is the description for the complete board position for puzzle #2:

QSb1S2k
7B
1KPP2Pp
1p4B1
3R2sr
1P2p3
4Pb2
q4R2

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