Starting position #244
Back-rank setup: NBBRKQNR
SP-244 · ThroneScout — A knight starts on the edge (a/h) and the king sits centrally on d or e; the mirror twin stays in this family too.
Move the pieces right on the board — full Chess960 rules, castle by dropping the king on the rook.
Position facts
- Mirror twin: position #622
- The king starts on e, the rooks on d and h
- King and rook are neighbours — castling from adjacent squares feels unusual
- This position does not come up as the daily position in the next four years
Puzzles from this position
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to c4 (d3)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to g4 (h3·6)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to c3 (b2·19)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to e7 (e2·2)
Winning blow: knight to f4 (e2)
Winning blow: knight to c5 (e6·2)
Attack on the uncastled king: rook to h1 (g1·9)
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to d3 (e4)
Winning blow: rook to g7 (g1·4)
Winning blow: king to h2 (g1·12)
Winning blow: queen to h6 (h2)
Winning blow: queen to g8 (h8·2)
This position appears in course day 28
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