diff --git a/src/backend/Board.java b/src/backend/Board.java
index 68bb63a..5687e9f 100644
--- a/src/backend/Board.java
+++ b/src/backend/Board.java
@@ -207,13 +207,49 @@ public class Board {
 	/* saving-loading feature :*/
 
 	public String[] toFileRep() {
-		//TODO
-		return null;
-	}
+		String[] saveFile = new String[8]; // creation of the string array which will be the one returned
+		String actualBoard = this.toString();
+		int nbLine = 0;
+		saveFile[0] = "";
+		for(int i = 0; i<200 ;i++) { // there are in total 200 strings in the 
+			if (actualBoard.charAt(i) == '\n') {
+				nbLine+=1;
+				if (nbLine < 8 ) {
+					saveFile[nbLine]= "";
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				saveFile[nbLine] += actualBoard.charAt(i);
+			}
+		}
+		return saveFile;
+}
 
 	public Board(String[] array) {
-		//TODO
-
+		this.colNum = 8;
+		this.lineNum = 8;
+		x = -1;
+		y = -1;
+		turnNumber= 0;
+		pieces = new ArrayList<>();
+		for(int i=0; i<8;i++) { // this will be the Y coordinate 
+			for(int j=0; j<8;j++) { // this will be the X coordinate
+				if(array[i].charAt(j*3) != ' ') {
+					Piece newPiece = new Piece(true,PieceType.Pawn,0,0);
+					if(array[i].charAt(j*3)=='B') {
+						newPiece.setIsWhite(false);
+					}
+					else {
+						newPiece.setIsWhite(true);
+					}
+					newPiece.setType(PieceType.fromSummary(array[i].charAt((j*3)+1)));
+					newPiece.setX(j);
+					newPiece.setY(i);
+					pieces.add(newPiece);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
 	}
 	
 	/* The following methods require more work ! */
diff --git a/src/backend/Piece.java b/src/backend/Piece.java
index 81e4e93..dc6cc6e 100644
--- a/src/backend/Piece.java
+++ b/src/backend/Piece.java
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ public class Piece {
 		this.y = y;
 	}
 	
+	public void setIsWhite(boolean isWhite) {
+		this.isWhite = isWhite;
+	}
+	
+	public void setType(PieceType type) {
+		this.type = type;
+	}
+	
 	public PieceType getType() {
 		return type;
 	}