Você está procurando a notação de Forsythe-Edwards + um front-end para compilá-lo uma imagem. Você pode usar o Xboard como front-end.
Confira Xboard . Leia o manual e procure o comando "Carregar posição":
Load Position
Sets up a position from a position file. A pop-up dialog prompts you for the file name. The shifted Ctrl-O key is a keyboard equivalent. If the file contains more than one saved position, and you want to load the Nth one, type the number N after the file name, separated by a space. Position files must be in FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation), or in the format that the Save Position command writes when oldSaveStyle is turned on.