Chess960 FEN in HCE

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EloDeficit
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Chess960 FEN in HCE

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Consider this position:
bnkbqrnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNKBQRNR w FHfh - 0 1

and some general information from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth–Edwards_Notation

HCE when given this position only allows castling with the H file rooks:
bnkbqrnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNKBQRNR w Hh - 0 1

The information on Wikipedia suggests that both rooks would be options for castling.

Any thoughts and opinions?

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EloDeficit
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Re: Chess960 FEN in HCE

Post by EloDeficit »

OK - to answer my own question: I just found and searched all 960 Chess960 positions. I could not find any positions where the king was not between 2 rooks. I guess the question is moot.
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