960 positions

Bobby FischerChess960, or Fischer Random Chess (also written Fischerrandom and Fischerandom), is a chess variant produced by the late former World Champion Bobby Fischer by modifying the rules of Shuffle Chess so that castling possibilities exist for all starting positions. It was originally announced on June 19, 1996, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fischer's goal was to create a chess variant in which chess creativity and talent would be more important than memorization and analysis of opening moves. His approach was to create a randomized initial chess position, which would thus make memorizing chess opening move sequences useless. The initial position is set up in a special way and there are 960 such positions, thus the name 'Chess960'.

The table of all 960 variants of the starting position:


 
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114BNQRNBKR
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119NQBRNKRB
120NBQRBNKR
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127NQRNKRBB
128BBNRQNKR
129BNRBQNKR
130BNRQNBKR
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132NBBRQNKR
133NRBBQNKR
134NRBQNBKR
135NRBQNKRB
136NBRQBNKR
137NRQBBNKR
138NRQNBBKR
139NRQNBKRB
140NBRQNKBR
141NRQBNKBR
142NRQNKBBR
143NRQNKRBB
144BBNRNQKR
145BNRBNQKR
146BNRNQBKR
147BNRNQKRB
148NBBRNQKR
149NRBBNQKR
150NRBNQBKR
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152NBRNBQKR
153NRNBBQKR
154NRNQBBKR
155NRNQBKRB
156NBRNQKBR
157NRNBQKBR
158NRNQKBBR
159NRNQKRBB
160BBNRNKQR
161BNRBNKQR
162BNRNKBQR
163BNRNKQRB
164NBBRNKQR
165NRBBNKQR
166NRBNKBQR
167NRBNKQRB
168NBRNBKQR
169NRNBBKQR
170NRNKBBQR
171NRNKBQRB
172NBRNKQBR
173NRNBKQBR
174NRNKQBBR
175NRNKQRBB
176BBNRNKRQ
177BNRBNKRQ
178BNRNKBRQ
179BNRNKRQB
180NBBRNKRQ
181NRBBNKRQ
182NRBNKBRQ
183NRBNKRQB
184NBRNBKRQ
185NRNBBKRQ
186NRNKBBRQ
187NRNKBRQB
188NBRNKRBQ
189NRNBKRBQ
190NRNKRBBQ
191NRNKRQBB
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196QBBNRKNR
197QNBBRKNR
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282NRKNBBRQ
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285NRKBNRBQ
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287NRKNRQBB
288BBQNRKRN
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290BQNRKBRN
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293QNBBRKRN
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312NBQRBKRN
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314NQRKBBRN
315NQRKBRNB
316NBQRKRBN
317NQRBKRBN
318NQRKRBBN
319NQRKRNBB
320BBNRQKRN
321BNRBQKRN
322BNRQKBRN
323BNRQKRNB
324NBBRQKRN
325NRBBQKRN
326NRBQKBRN
327NRBQKRNB
328NBRQBKRN
329NRQBBKRN
330NRQKBBRN
331NRQKBRNB
332NBRQKRBN
333NRQBKRBN
334NRQKRBBN
335NRQKRNBB
336BBNRKQRN
337BNRBKQRN
338BNRKQBRN
339BNRKQRNB
340NBBRKQRN
341NRBBKQRN
342NRBKQBRN
343NRBKQRNB
344NBRKBQRN
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347NRKQBRNB
348NBRKQRBN
349NRKBQRBN
350NRKQRBBN
351NRKQRNBB
352BBNRKRQN
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355BNRKRQNB
356NBBRKRQN
357NRBBKRQN
358NRBKRBQN
359NRBKRQNB
360NBRKBRQN
361NRKBBRQN
362NRKRBBQN
363NRKRBQNB
364NBRKRQBN
365NRKBRQBN
366NRKRQBBN
367NRKRQNBB
368BBNRKRNQ
369BNRBKRNQ
370BNRKRBNQ
371BNRKRNQB
372NBBRKRNQ
373NRBBKRNQ
374NRBKRBNQ
375NRBKRNQB
376NBRKBRNQ
377NRKBBRNQ
378NRKRBBNQ
379NRKRBNQB
380NBRKRNBQ
381NRKBRNBQ
382NRKRNBBQ
383NRKRNQBB
384BBQRNNKR
385BQRBNNKR
386BQRNNBKR
387BQRNNKRB
388QBBRNNKR
389QRBBNNKR
390QRBNNBKR
391QRBNNKRB
392QBRNBNKR
393QRNBBNKR
394QRNNBBKR
395QRNNBKRB
396QBRNNKBR
397QRNBNKBR
398QRNNKBBR
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400BBRQNNKR
401BRQBNNKR
402BRQNNBKR
403BRQNNKRB
404RBBQNNKR
405RQBBNNKR
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407RQBNNKRB
408RBQNBNKR
409RQNBBNKR
410RQNNBBKR
411RQNNBKRB
412RBQNNKBR
413RQNBNKBR
414RQNNKBBR
415RQNNKRBB
416BBRNQNKR
417BRNBQNKR
418BRNQNBKR
419BRNQNKRB
420RBBNQNKR
421RNBBQNKR
422RNBQNBKR
423RNBQNKRB
424RBNQBNKR
425RNQBBNKR
426RNQNBBKR
427RNQNBKRB
428RBNQNKBR
429RNQBNKBR
430RNQNKBBR
431RNQNKRBB
432BBRNNQKR
433BRNBNQKR
434BRNNQBKR
435BRNNQKRB
436RBBNNQKR
437RNBBNQKR
438RNBNQBKR
439RNBNQKRB
440RBNNBQKR
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442RNNQBBKR
443RNNQBKRB
444RBNNQKBR
445RNNBQKBR
446RNNQKBBR
447RNNQKRBB
448BBRNNKQR
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450BRNNKBQR
451BRNNKQRB
452RBBNNKQR
453RNBBNKQR
454RNBNKBQR
455RNBNKQRB
456RBNNBKQR
457RNNBBKQR
458RNNKBBQR
459RNNKBQRB
460RBNNKQBR
461RNNBKQBR
462RNNKQBBR
463RNNKQRBB
464BBRNNKRQ
465BRNBNKRQ
466BRNNKBRQ
467BRNNKRQB
468RBBNNKRQ
469RNBBNKRQ
470RNBNKBRQ
471RNBNKRQB
472RBNNBKRQ
473RNNBBKRQ
474RNNKBBRQ
475RNNKBRQB
476RBNNKRBQ
477RNNBKRBQ
478RNNKRBBQ
479RNNKRQBB
480BBQRNKNR
481BQRBNKNR
482BQRNKBNR
483BQRNKNRB
484QBBRNKNR
485QRBBNKNR
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488QBRNBKNR
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510RQNKNBBR
511RQNKNRBB
512BBRNQKNR
513BRNBQKNR
514BRNQKBNR
515BRNQKNRB
516RBBNQKNR
517RNBBQKNR
518RNBQKBNR
519RNBQKNRB
520RBNQBKNR
521RNQBBKNR
522RNQKBBNR
523RNQKBNRB
524RBNQKNBR
525RNQBKNBR
526RNQKNBBR
527RNQKNRBB
528BBRNKQNR
529BRNBKQNR
530BRNKQBNR
531BRNKQNRB
532RBBNKQNR
533RNBBKQNR
534RNBKQBNR
535RNBKQNRB
536RBNKBQNR
537RNKBBQNR
538RNKQBBNR
539RNKQBNRB
540RBNKQNBR
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542RNKQNBBR
543RNKQNRBB
544BBRNKNQR
545BRNBKNQR
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547BRNKNQRB
548RBBNKNQR
549RNBBKNQR
550RNBKNBQR
551RNBKNQRB
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564RBBNKNRQ
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566RNBKNBRQ
567RNBKNRQB
568RBNKBNRQ
569RNKBBNRQ
570RNKNBBRQ
571RNKNBRQB
572RBNKNRBQ
573RNKBNRBQ
574RNKNRBBQ
575RNKNRQBB
576BBQRNKRN
577BQRBNKRN
578BQRNKBRN
579BQRNKRNB
580QBBRNKRN
581QRBBNKRN
582QRBNKBRN
583QRBNKRNB
584QBRNBKRN
585QRNBBKRN
586QRNKBBRN
587QRNKBRNB
588QBRNKRBN
589QRNBKRBN
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592BBRQNKRN
593BRQBNKRN
594BRQNKBRN
595BRQNKRNB
596RBBQNKRN
597RQBBNKRN
598RQBNKBRN
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600RBQNBKRN
601RQNBBKRN
602RQNKBBRN
603RQNKBRNB
604RBQNKRBN
605RQNBKRBN
606RQNKRBBN
607RQNKRNBB
608BBRNQKRN
609BRNBQKRN
610BRNQKBRN
611BRNQKRNB
612RBBNQKRN
613RNBBQKRN
614RNBQKBRN
615RNBQKRNB
616RBNQBKRN
617RNQBBKRN
618RNQKBBRN
619RNQKBRNB
620RBNQKRBN
621RNQBKRBN
622RNQKRBBN
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624BBRNKQRN
625BRNBKQRN
626BRNKQBRN
627BRNKQRNB
628RBBNKQRN
629RNBBKQRN
630RNBKQBRN
631RNBKQRNB
632RBNKBQRN
633RNKBBQRN
634RNKQBBRN
635RNKQBRNB
636RBNKQRBN
637RNKBQRBN
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639RNKQRNBB
640BBRNKRQN
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644RBBNKRQN
645RNBBKRQN
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647RNBKRQNB
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658BRNKRBNQ
659BRNKRNQB
660RBBNKRNQ
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662RNBKRBNQ
663RNBKRNQB
664RBNKBRNQ
665RNKBBRNQ
666RNKRBBNQ
667RNKRBNQB
668RBNKRNBQ
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670RNKRNBBQ
671RNKRNQBB
672BBQRKNNR
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674BQRKNBNR
675BQRKNNRB
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680QBRKBNNR
681QRKBBNNR
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684QBRKNNBR
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689BRQBKNNR
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705BRKBQNNR
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708RBBKQNNR
709RKBBQNNR
710RKBQNBNR
711RKBQNNRB
712RBKQBNNR
713RKQBBNNR
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716RBKQNNBR
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718RKQNNBBR
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724RBBKNQNR
725RKBBNQNR
726RKBNQBNR
727RKBNQNRB
728RBKNBQNR
729RKNBBQNR
730RKNQBBNR
731RKNQBNRB
732RBKNQNBR
733RKNBQNBR
734RKNQNBBR
735RKNQNRBB
736BBRKNNQR
737BRKBNNQR
738BRKNNBQR
739BRKNNQRB
740RBBKNNQR
741RKBBNNQR
742RKBNNBQR
743RKBNNQRB
744RBKNBNQR
745RKNBBNQR
746RKNNBBQR
747RKNNBQRB
748RBKNNQBR
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750RKNNQBBR
751RKNNQRBB
752BBRKNNRQ
753BRKBNNRQ
754BRKNNBRQ
755BRKNNRQB
756RBBKNNRQ
757RKBBNNRQ
758RKBNNBRQ
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760RBKNBNRQ
761RKNBBNRQ
762RKNNBBRQ
763RKNNBRQB
764RBKNNRBQ
765RKNBNRBQ
766RKNNRBBQ
767RKNNRQBB
768BBQRKNRN
769BQRBKNRN
770BQRKNBRN
771BQRKNRNB
772QBBRKNRN
773QRBBKNRN
774QRBKNBRN
775QRBKNRNB
776QBRKBNRN
777QRKBBNRN
778QRKNBBRN
779QRKNBRNB
780QBRKNRBN
781QRKBNRBN
782QRKNRBBN
783QRKNRNBB
784BBRQKNRN
785BRQBKNRN
786BRQKNBRN
787BRQKNRNB
788RBBQKNRN
789RQBBKNRN
790RQBKNBRN
791RQBKNRNB
792RBQKBNRN
793RQKBBNRN
794RQKNBBRN
795RQKNBRNB
796RBQKNRBN
797RQKBNRBN
798RQKNRBBN
799RQKNRNBB
800BBRKQNRN
801BRKBQNRN
802BRKQNBRN
803BRKQNRNB
804RBBKQNRN
805RKBBQNRN
806RKBQNBRN
807RKBQNRNB
808RBKQBNRN
809RKQBBNRN
810RKQNBBRN
811RKQNBRNB
812RBKQNRBN
813RKQBNRBN
814RKQNRBBN
815RKQNRNBB
816BBRKNQRN
817BRKBNQRN
818BRKNQBRN
819BRKNQRNB
820RBBKNQRN
821RKBBNQRN
822RKBNQBRN
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824RBKNBQRN
825RKNBBQRN
826RKNQBBRN
827RKNQBRNB
828RBKNQRBN
829RKNBQRBN
830RKNQRBBN
831RKNQRNBB
832BBRKNRQN
833BRKBNRQN
834BRKNRBQN
835BRKNRQNB
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837RKBBNRQN
838RKBNRBQN
839RKBNRQNB
840RBKNBRQN
841RKNBBRQN
842RKNRBBQN
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844RBKNRQBN
845RKNBRQBN
846RKNRQBBN
847RKNRQNBB
848BBRKNRNQ
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850BRKNRBNQ
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853RKBBNRNQ
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855RKBNRNQB
856RBKNBRNQ
857RKNBBRNQ
858RKNRBBNQ
859RKNRBNQB
860RBKNRNBQ
861RKNBRNBQ
862RKNRNBBQ
863RKNRNQBB
864BBQRKRNN
865BQRBKRNN
866BQRKRBNN
867BQRKRNNB
868QBBRKRNN
869QRBBKRNN
870QRBKRBNN
871QRBKRNNB
872QBRKBRNN
873QRKBBRNN
874QRKRBBNN
875QRKRBNNB
876QBRKRNBN
877QRKBRNBN
878QRKRNBBN
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880BBRQKRNN
881BRQBKRNN
882BRQKRBNN
883BRQKRNNB
884RBBQKRNN
885RQBBKRNN
886RQBKRBNN
887RQBKRNNB
888RBQKBRNN
889RQKBBRNN
890RQKRBBNN
891RQKRBNNB
892RBQKRNBN
893RQKBRNBN
894RQKRNBBN
895RQKRNNBB
896BBRKQRNN
897BRKBQRNN
898BRKQRBNN
899BRKQRNNB
900RBBKQRNN
901RKBBQRNN
902RKBQRBNN
903RKBQRNNB
904RBKQBRNN
905RKQBBRNN
906RKQRBBNN
907RKQRBNNB
908RBKQRNBN
909RKQBRNBN
910RKQRNBBN
911RKQRNNBB
912BBRKRQNN
913BRKBRQNN
914BRKRQBNN
915BRKRQNNB
916RBBKRQNN
917RKBBRQNN
918RKBRQBNN
919RKBRQNNB
920RBKRBQNN
921RKRBBQNN
922RKRQBBNN
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924RBKRQNBN
925RKRBQNBN
926RKRQNBBN
927RKRQNNBB
928BBRKRNQN
929BRKBRNQN
930BRKRNBQN
931BRKRNQNB
932RBBKRNQN
933RKBBRNQN
934RKBRNBQN
935RKBRNQNB
936RBKRBNQN
937RKRBBNQN
938RKRNBBQN
939RKRNBQNB
940RBKRNQBN
941RKRBNQBN
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943RKRNQNBB
944BBRKRNNQ
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946BRKRNBNQ
947BRKRNNQB
948RBBKRNNQ
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950RKBRNBNQ
951RKBRNNQB
952RBKRBNNQ
953RKRBBNNQ
954RKRNBBNQ
955RKRNBNQB
956RBKRNNBQ
957RKRBNNBQ
958RKRNNBBQ
959RKRNNQBB
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