Chess960 Starting Position

Chess960 Starting Position

Chess960 is a chess variant in which the arrangement of pieces on the first rank is randomly generated. There are 960 possible starting positions, hence the name. The starting position can be generated before the game either by a computer program or using dice, coin, cards etc.

Read more about Chess960 Starting Position:  Rules, Methods For Creating The Starting Position, Starting Position IDs in Chess960

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