Displacement chess

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8
a8 black rook
b8 black bishop
c8 black bishop
d8 black queen
e8 black king
f8 black knight
g8 black knight
h8 black rook
a7 black pawn
b7 black pawn
c7 black pawn
d7 black pawn
e7 black pawn
f7 black pawn
g7 black pawn
h7 black pawn
a2 white pawn
b2 white pawn
c2 white pawn
d2 white pawn
e2 white pawn
f2 white pawn
g2 white pawn
h2 white pawn
a1 white rook
b1 white bishop
c1 white bishop
d1 white queen
e1 white king
f1 white knight
g1 white knight
h1 white rook
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66
55
44
33
22
11
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A variation of displacement chess, where the queenside knight and kingside bishop have been swapped.

Displacement chess is a family of chess variants in which a few pieces are transposed in the initial standard chess position. The main goal of these variants is to negate players' knowledge of standard chess openings.[1]

  1. ^ Pritchard, D. B. (2000). "§3 Displacement Chess". Popular Chess Variants. B.T. Batsford Ltd. pp. 16–17. ISBN 0-7134-8578-7.