Starting position #891
Back-rank setup: RQKRBNNB
SP-891 · BastionGuard — King shifted to c or f, knights kept clear of the edges — 168 positions in all.
Move the pieces right on the board — full Chess960 rules, castle by dropping the king on the rook.
Position facts
- Mirror twin: position #65
- The king starts on c, the rooks on a and d
- King and rook are neighbours — castling from adjacent squares feels unusual
- It becomes the daily position in 159 days
Puzzles from this position
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to f4 (g3·23)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to f3 (e2·4)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to c3 (e1)
Winning blow: king to d2 (e1·4)
Winning blow: knight to e7 (f5·8)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to h8 (b2·3)
Winning blow: pawn to h7 (h6)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to b5 (b1)
Winning blow: knight to f7 (g5·5)
Winning blow: rook to c5 (c1·9)
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to h8 (c3·7)
Attack on the uncastled king: rook to a5 (a1·9)
This position appears in course day 71
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