Starting position #599
Back-rank setup: RQBNKRNB
SP-599 · ThroneGuard — King home on d or e, knights kept off the a- and h-files — the family of the standard starting array.
Move the pieces right on the board — full Chess960 rules, castle by dropping the king on the rook.
Position facts
- Mirror twin: position #258
- The king starts on e, the rooks on a and f
- 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: pawn to c5 (d4·22)
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to d5 (h1·10)
Winning blow: pawn to d5 (c4·5)
Attack on the uncastled king: king to d1 (e1·4)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to h4 (h8)
Attack on the uncastled king: king to e1 (f1·5)
Winning blow: rook to b1 (a1·6)
Winning blow: queen to e7 (a7)
Winning blow: knight to e4 (g5·2)
Winning blow: queen to h7 (h4·2)
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to d5 (c3·19)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to e6 (g6)
This position appears in course day 134
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