Community variant
PawnSideways960
PawnSideways chess made compatible with Chess960.
This is a user-catalogued casual variant. Technical details such as board size, FEN, pieces, and hand rules are defined in the Fairy-Stockfish variants.ini block below.
Generated rule overview
This variant inherits its base rules from `pawnsideways` and overrides the settings shown below.
Board and setup
- The variant supports Chess960-style castling.
- Games use a randomized Chess960 starting position.
Pieces and movement
- The piece set used on the board is: king (k), queen (q), rook (r), bishop (b), knight (n) and pawn (p).
Piece movement
These diagrams show custom pieces and known Fairy-Stockfish built-in fairy pieces from White's perspective on a compact preview board. Some special moves, especially hoppers and game-state-dependent moves, can still depend on blockers or game state.
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move
capture
move or capture
initial only
hopper target
Fairy-Stockfish rules
[pawnsideways960:pawnsideways]
chess960 = true