diff --git a/board/src/fen.rs b/board/src/fen.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b212c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/src/fen.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+// Eryn Wells <eryn@erynwells.me>
+
+use crate::{
+    piece::{Piece, PlacedPiece},
+    r#move::Castle,
+    Color, File, Position, Rank, Square,
+};
+use std::fmt::Write;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum FenError {
+    FmtError(std::fmt::Error),
+}
+
+pub trait ToFen {
+    fn to_fen(&self) -> Result<String, FenError>;
+}
+
+impl ToFen for Position {
+    fn to_fen(&self) -> Result<String, FenError> {
+        let mut fen_string = String::new();
+
+        let mut empty_squares: u8 = 0;
+        for rank in Rank::ALL.iter().rev() {
+            for file in File::ALL.iter() {
+                let square = Square::from_file_rank(*file, *rank);
+                match self.piece_on_square(square) {
+                    Some(piece) => {
+                        if empty_squares > 0 {
+                            write!(fen_string, "{}", empty_squares)
+                                .map_err(|err| FenError::FmtError(err))?;
+                            empty_squares = 0;
+                        }
+                        write!(fen_string, "{}", piece.to_fen()?)
+                            .map_err(|err| FenError::FmtError(err))?;
+                    }
+                    None => empty_squares += 1,
+                }
+            }
+
+            if empty_squares > 0 {
+                write!(fen_string, "{}", empty_squares).map_err(|err| FenError::FmtError(err))?;
+                empty_squares = 0;
+            }
+            if rank != &Rank::One {
+                write!(fen_string, "/").map_err(|err| FenError::FmtError(err))?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        write!(fen_string, " {}", self.player_to_move().to_fen()?)
+            .map_err(|err| FenError::FmtError(err))?;
+
+        let castling = [
+            (Color::White, Castle::KingSide),
+            (Color::White, Castle::QueenSide),
+            (Color::Black, Castle::KingSide),
+            (Color::Black, Castle::QueenSide),
+        ]
+        .map(|(color, castle)| {
+            let can_castle = self.player_has_right_to_castle(color, castle);
+            if !can_castle {
+                ""
+            } else {
+                match (color, castle) {
+                    (Color::White, Castle::KingSide) => "K",
+                    (Color::White, Castle::QueenSide) => "Q",
+                    (Color::Black, Castle::KingSide) => "k",
+                    (Color::Black, Castle::QueenSide) => "q",
+                }
+            }
+        })
+        .concat();
+
+        write!(
+            fen_string,
+            " {}",
+            if castling.len() > 0 { &castling } else { "-" }
+        )
+        .map_err(|err| FenError::FmtError(err))?;
+
+        write!(
+            fen_string,
+            " {}",
+            if let Some(en_passant_square) = self.en_passant_square() {
+                en_passant_square.to_string()
+            } else {
+                "-".to_string()
+            }
+        )
+        .map_err(|err| FenError::FmtError(err))?;
+
+        write!(fen_string, " {}", self.ply_counter()).map_err(|err| FenError::FmtError(err))?;
+        write!(fen_string, " {}", self.move_number()).map_err(|err| FenError::FmtError(err))?;
+
+        Ok(fen_string)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ToFen for Color {
+    fn to_fen(&self) -> Result<String, FenError> {
+        match self {
+            Color::White => Ok("w".to_string()),
+            Color::Black => Ok("b".to_string()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ToFen for Piece {
+    fn to_fen(&self) -> Result<String, FenError> {
+        let ascii: char = self.to_ascii();
+        Ok(String::from(match self.color() {
+            Color::White => ascii.to_ascii_uppercase(),
+            Color::Black => ascii.to_ascii_lowercase(),
+        }))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ToFen for PlacedPiece {
+    fn to_fen(&self) -> Result<String, FenError> {
+        Ok(self.piece().to_fen()?)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn starting_position() {
+        let pos = Position::starting();
+        println!("{pos:#?}");
+        assert_eq!(
+            pos.to_fen(),
+            Ok(String::from(
+                "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"
+            ))
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/board/src/lib.rs b/board/src/lib.rs
index b267517..ad3abf0 100644
--- a/board/src/lib.rs
+++ b/board/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 mod bitboard;
 mod display;
+mod fen;
 mod r#move;
 #[macro_use]
 mod macros;