Position #506
One of the 960 Fischer random starting positions. Pawns stay put; the back rank is shuffled so the bishops sit on opposite colours and the king stands between the rooks.
tWmLvVmT OoOoOoOo + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + pPpPpPpP RqNkBbNr
| Piece | White | Black | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rook | a1 | a8 | |
| Queen | b1 | b8 | |
| Knight | c1 | c8 | |
| King | d1 | d8 | |
| Bishop | e1 | e8 | |
| Bishop | f1 | f8 | |
| Knight | g1 | g8 | |
| Rook | h1 | h8 |
- Back rank
RQNKBBNR
- FEN
rqnkbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQNKBBNR w KQkq - 0 1
- PGN
[FEN "rqnkbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RQNKBBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Variant "Chess960"]
Piece sets by Armando H. Marroquín, Utrecht by Hans L. Bodlaender, from Eric Bentzen’s En Passant collection (more on the fonts).