Starting position #810
Back-rank setup: RKQNBBRN
SP-810 · 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 #149
- The king starts on b, the rooks on a and g
- 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)
Winning blow: queen to d4 (d2)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to h5 (g4·2)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to b3 (c2·10)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to b4 (a3·11)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to e6 (e4·3)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to b6 (a5·18)
Winning blow: rook to a8 (a6)
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to e5 (h2)
Winning blow: king to a2 (b1·20)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to c5 (a3·2)
Winning blow: knight to c6 (e5·18)
This position appears in course day 11
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