Chess960 starting positions
960 setups by the Scharnagl numbering scheme. #518 is the classic. Every position has a character of its own.
Chess960 (Fischer random) starts every game from one of 960 legal back-rank arrangements. This index lists them all: each position has its own page with the exact starting FEN, castling notes, its family in the CH960 nomenclature and tactics puzzles mined from that very setup.
Browse by family if you care about structure: where the king starts and whether a knight begins on the rim shape the opening more than anything else. Each page also links its mirror twin — the left-right reflected setup.
Position #518 reproduces the classical chess arrangement — a natural first stop if Chess960 is new to you.
Position families
ThroneGuard King on a central file (d/e) with both knights on inner files — the classic-type setup. (204)ThroneScout King on a central file (d/e) with a knight starting on the rim (a/h). (204)BastionGuard King off-centre on c or f with both knights on inner files. (168)BastionScout King off-centre on c or f with a knight starting on the rim (a/h). (168)RampartGuard King on the wing (b/g) with both knights on inner files. (144)RampartScout King on the wing (b/g) with a knight on the rim (a/h) — the rarest family. (72)
0–99
100–199
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200–299
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300–399
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400–499
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500–599
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600–699
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700–799
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800–899
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