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This page is written by the game's inventor, Ian Douglas.

Douglas Modern chess

Douglas Modern chess is a new variant that uses the same board, pieces and rules as conventional chess, but has a different starting position.

The start position is given by this FEN string: 1rbqkbr1/1nppppn1/2pppp2/8/8/2PPPP2/1NPPPPN1/1RBQKBR1 w – – 0 1

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