diff --git a/src/chess/piece.rs b/src/chess/piece.rs
index f7414d4..674c6cc 100644
--- a/src/chess/piece.rs
+++ b/src/chess/piece.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "custom_pieces")]
 use serde_derive::Deserialize;
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum PieceVariant {
     King,
     Queen,
@@ -11,11 +12,36 @@ pub enum PieceVariant {
     Pawn
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Piece {
     white: bool,
     variant: PieceVariant
 }
 
+impl Piece {
+    pub fn new(white: bool, variant: PieceVariant) -> Self {
+        Self { white, variant }
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_fen(c: char) -> Option<Self> {
+        match c {
+            'K' => Some(Self::new(true, PieceVariant::King)),
+            'Q' => Some(Self::new(true, PieceVariant::Queen)),
+            'R' => Some(Self::new(true, PieceVariant::Rook)),
+            'B' => Some(Self::new(true, PieceVariant::Bishop)),
+            'N' => Some(Self::new(true, PieceVariant::Knight)),
+            'P' => Some(Self::new(true, PieceVariant::Pawn)),
+            'k' => Some(Self::new(false, PieceVariant::King)),
+            'q' => Some(Self::new(false, PieceVariant::Queen)),
+            'r' => Some(Self::new(false, PieceVariant::Rook)),
+            'b' => Some(Self::new(false, PieceVariant::Bishop)),
+            'n' => Some(Self::new(false, PieceVariant::Knight)),
+            'p' => Some(Self::new(false, PieceVariant::Pawn)),
+            _ => None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 
 #[cfg(feature = "custom_pieces")]
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/src/chess/position.rs b/src/chess/position.rs
index d2a42d1..6b5f909 100644
--- a/src/chess/position.rs
+++ b/src/chess/position.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 use crate::chess::piece::Piece;
 use crate::chess::square::Square;
 use crate::chess::moves::Move;
+use log::trace;
 
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Castling {
     king_side: bool,
     queen_side: bool,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Position {
     rows: [[Option<Piece>; 8]; 8],
     whites_turn: bool,
@@ -68,8 +71,29 @@ impl Position {
         Position::default()
     }
 
-    pub fn from_fen(_fen: String) -> Self {
-        todo!("Implement this function")
+    pub fn from_fen(fen: String) -> Self {
+        trace!("{fen}");
+        let mut pos = Position::default();
+        let mut parts = fen.split_ascii_whitespace();
+
+        trace!("{:?}", parts);
+        // parse board
+        parts.next().unwrap().split('/').enumerate().for_each(|(y, row)| {
+            let mut x = 0;
+            row.chars().for_each(|c| {
+            if c.is_ascii_digit() {
+                x += c.to_digit(10).unwrap();
+            } else {
+                pos.rows[y][x as usize] = Piece::from_fen(c);
+                x += 1;
+            }
+            });
+        });
+
+        // parse active color
+        parts.next().unwrap();
+        trace!("{:?}", parts);
+        pos
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/chess/square.rs b/src/chess/square.rs
index 019cf76..fbefcbd 100644
--- a/src/chess/square.rs
+++ b/src/chess/square.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Square {
     x: u8,
     y: u8,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 557de10..7f9840c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 )]
 
 
-use crate::config::get_config;
+use crate::{chess::position::Position, config::get_config};
 use log::trace;
 
 mod chess;
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ mod logging;
 fn main() {
     let config = get_config().unwrap();
     trace!("{:?}", config);
+
+    let board = Position::from_fen("rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1".to_string());
+    trace!("{:?}", board);
 }