Attempt to clarify installation instructions a little
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7dc18cbe 2 | Pawns start on the 7th rank. Move a knight to promote them.
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5 ...Only the initial position changes, but this makes a huge difference.
6 In particular, castling would be rather pointless so it's disabled here.
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7 En-passant captures are impossible because all pawns already reached 7th
8 rank.
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69f3d801 10h3 About the initial position
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13 Since truly random start can allow a mate in 3 with a knight,
14 the kings have at least one knight neighbor in the initial position.
15 This allows to move free out of potential check from the very beginning.
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18 A less constraining condition would be to require the two knights to stand on
19 two squares of different colors, but it's not enough as proved by the
20 following diagram.
21 White can mate in 3: 1.Nc6 followed by Nb4 threatening both a2 and d3.
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24 .diagram
25 | fen:RBN1BRRQ/PPPPPPP/8/4n3/8/8/Nppppppp/brkbqr1n:
26 figcaption After 1.Nc6 Nf3 2.Nb4 Ne5 (covers d3 but not a2) 3.Nxa2#
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28p Note: in the standard initial position, kings and knights are not neighbors.
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30h3 Source
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7dc18cbe 33 | See for example the
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34 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/diffsetup.dir/upside.html")
35 | Upside down chess
7dc18cbe 36 |  page on chessvariants.com.