Position 226

BNRQKBNR · king on e, bishops on a and f

bnrqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

Bishops on a1 and f1, queen on d1 beside the king on e1, knights on b1 and g1, rooks on c1 and h1. Kingside has 2 pieces in the lane; queenside has 1 piece in the lane. At Stockfish depth 15 the preferred first move is c4, +0.40, draw rate 89%, more level than 43% of the 960 starts.

QueensideKingsideK

Depth 15 will move if a deeper engine file is published.

White edge +0.40. More level than 43% of the 960 starts.

Engine WDL

Win 10.7% · Draw 88.6% · Loss 0.7%

Human-adjusted WDL

Win 23.4% · Draw 55.0% · Loss 21.6%

Kingside has 2 pieces in the lane; queenside has 1 piece in the lane.

Bishops on a and f · King on e · First move c4

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