Starting position #42
Back-rank setup: NNQRBBKR
SP-42 · RampartScout — King on the wing (b/g) with a knight on the rim (a/h) — the rarest family.
Move the pieces right on the board — full Chess960 rules, castle by dropping the king on the rook.
Position facts
- Mirror twin: position #917
- The king starts on g, the rooks on d and h
- King and rook are neighbours — castling from adjacent squares feels unusual
- It becomes the daily position in 373 days
Puzzles from this position
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to c4 (a5·2)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to c4 (e2)
Winning blow: king to g3 (h2)
Winning blow: queen to g5 (c1·5)
Winning blow: queen to g5 (c1·7)
Winning blow: bishop to h6 (c1)
Winning blow: queen to b8 (h2·2)
Winning blow: rook to e4 (e1·10)
Attack on the uncastled king: rook to d7 (d6)
Mate in 2: queen to h6 (c1·5)
Mate in 2: queen to d8 (a8·5)
Attack on the uncastled king: rook to g6 (f6)
This position appears in course day 126
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