diff --git a/src/lib/chess/types.ts b/src/lib/chess/types.ts
index 1abd471..44e147d 100644
--- a/src/lib/chess/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/chess/types.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,36 @@ export enum Piece {
 
   WHITE = 8,
   BLACK = 16,
+}
+
+export const CHAR_TO_PIECE: Record<string, number> = {
+  "-": Piece.EMPTY,
+  "K": Piece.WHITE | Piece.KING,
+  "Q": Piece.WHITE | Piece.QUEEN,
+  "R": Piece.WHITE | Piece.ROOK,
+  "B": Piece.WHITE | Piece.BISHOP,
+  "N": Piece.WHITE | Piece.KNIGHT,
+  "P": Piece.WHITE | Piece.PAWN,
+  "k": Piece.BLACK | Piece.KING,
+  "q": Piece.BLACK | Piece.QUEEN,
+  "r": Piece.BLACK | Piece.ROOK,
+  "b": Piece.BLACK | Piece.BISHOP,
+  "n": Piece.BLACK | Piece.KNIGHT,
+  "p": Piece.BLACK | Piece.PAWN,
+};
+
+export const PIECE_TO_CHAR: Record<number, string> = {
+  [Piece.EMPTY]: "-",
+  [Piece.WHITE | Piece.KING]: "K",
+  [Piece.WHITE | Piece.QUEEN]: "Q",
+  [Piece.WHITE | Piece.ROOK]: "R",
+  [Piece.WHITE | Piece.BISHOP]: "B",
+  [Piece.WHITE | Piece.KNIGHT]: "N",
+  [Piece.WHITE | Piece.PAWN]: "P",
+  [Piece.BLACK | Piece.KING]: "k",
+  [Piece.BLACK | Piece.QUEEN]: "q",
+  [Piece.BLACK | Piece.ROOK]: "r",
+  [Piece.BLACK | Piece.BISHOP]: "b",
+  [Piece.BLACK | Piece.KNIGHT]: "n",
+  [Piece.BLACK | Piece.PAWN]: "p",
 }
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diff --git a/src/lib/chess/utils.ts b/src/lib/chess/utils.ts
index 6f2e7f8..90acea8 100644
--- a/src/lib/chess/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/chess/utils.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,11 @@
-import { Piece } from "./types";
-
-// export function fen2array(fen: string): Int8Array<ArrayBuffer> {
-// }
+import { CHAR_TO_PIECE, Piece } from "./types";
 
 export const startFEN = "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0";
-const CHAR_TO_PIECE: Record<string, number> = {
-  "-": Piece.EMPTY,
-  "K": Piece.WHITE | Piece.KING,
-  "Q": Piece.WHITE | Piece.QUEEN,
-  "R": Piece.WHITE | Piece.ROOK,
-  "B": Piece.WHITE | Piece.BISHOP,
-  "N": Piece.WHITE | Piece.KNIGHT,
-  "P": Piece.WHITE | Piece.PAWN,
-  "k": Piece.BLACK | Piece.KING,
-  "q": Piece.BLACK | Piece.QUEEN,
-  "r": Piece.BLACK | Piece.ROOK,
-  "b": Piece.BLACK | Piece.BISHOP,
-  "n": Piece.BLACK | Piece.KNIGHT,
-  "p": Piece.BLACK | Piece.PAWN,
-};
 
 export class Board {
   public board = new Int8Array(8 ** 2);
   public details = {
-    turn: "w",
+    whiteTurn: true,
     castling: {
       white: { king: true, queen: true },
       black: { king: true, queen: true },
@@ -39,8 +21,8 @@ export class Board {
 
   loadFEN(fen = startFEN) {
     const [position, turn, castling, enPassant, halfMove, fullMove] = fen.split(" ");
-    this.board.fill(Piece.EMPTY);
     
+    this.board.fill(Piece.EMPTY);
     position.split("/").forEach((row, rank) => {
       let file = 0;
       row.split("").forEach((char) => {
@@ -49,5 +31,33 @@ export class Board {
         file++;
       });
     });
+    
+    this.details.whiteTurn = turn === "w"; 
+    
+    this.details.castling.white.king = castling.includes("K");
+    this.details.castling.white.queen = castling.includes("Q");
+    this.details.castling.black.king = castling.includes("k");
+    this.details.castling.black.queen = castling.includes("q");
+
+    this.details.enPassant = algebraicToIndex(enPassant);
+
+    this.details.halfMove = parseInt(halfMove);
+    this.details.fullMove = parseInt(fullMove);
+  }
+}
+
+function algebraicToIndex(algebraic: string): number {
+  const FILE_TO_INDEX: Record<string, number> = {
+    a: 0, b: 1, c: 2, d: 3, e: 4, f: 5, g: 6, h: 7,
+  }
+  try {
+    if (algebraic.length !== 2) return -1;
+    const [file, rank] = algebraic.split("");
+    const rankIndex = parseInt(rank) - 1;
+    const fileIndex = FILE_TO_INDEX[file];
+
+    return rankIndex * 8 + fileIndex;
+  } catch { 
+    return -1;
   }
 }
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diff --git a/src/routes/+page.svelte b/src/routes/+page.svelte
index 4eff4e1..3ac01ec 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+page.svelte
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
+  import { PIECE_TO_CHAR } from "$lib/chess/types";
   import { Board, startFEN } from "$lib/chess/utils";
 
   const board = new Board();
@@ -14,11 +15,11 @@
 
 <div class="grid grid-cols-8 gap-0 border-2">
   {#each boardView as square, index}
-    <div class="h-20 aspect-square flex justify-center items-center
+    <div class="h-20 aspect-square relative flex justify-center items-center
       {index % 2 === Math.floor(index / 8) % 2 ? 'bg-orange-200 text-stone-800' : 'bg-amber-800 text-stone-200'}
     ">
-      {#if square}<img src="assets/{square}.svg" alt="p{square}" class="h-18 aspect-square"/>{/if}
-      {showIndex ? index : ''}
+      <span class="absolute top-0 left-0">{showIndex ? index : ''}</span>
+      {#if square}<img src="assets/{PIECE_TO_CHAR[square]}.svg" alt="{PIECE_TO_CHAR[square]}" class="h-18 aspect-square"/>{/if}
     </div>
   {/each}
 </div>
@@ -29,7 +30,10 @@
   </label>
   <label class="block">
     fen (enter to set):
-    <input type="text" onkeypress={(e) => e.key === 'Enter' && board.loadFEN(fen)} bind:value={fen} />
+    <input type="text" onkeypress={(e) => e.key === 'Enter' && (() => {
+      board.loadFEN(fen)
+      updateView()
+    })()} bind:value={fen} />
   </label>
   <button onclick={updateView}>update view</button>
   <button onclick={() => console.log(board)}>dump game to console</button>
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