Generator · Position 185

N R N B B K R Q SP 185

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Chess960 position 185

The back rank is N R N B B K R Q. The king starts on f1, the rooks on b1 and g1, the bishops on d1 and e1, the queen on h1.

White has twenty legal first moves, the same as in ordinary chess.

Castling short, the king goes from f1 to g1 and the rook goes from g1 to f1.

Castling long, the king goes from f1 to c1 and the rook goes from b1 to d1.

Every rule of chess applies here unchanged apart from castling, which the rules page explains in full. To play this exact arrangement against the computer, open position 185 on Play CPU. To train tactics on positions like it, use the Chess960 puzzle trainer.