When I setup a custom position, pawns go toward the wrong side!

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RilesX

Hello everyone,

I am currently doing the exercises of "1001 Deadly Checkmates" (which is basically finding checkmates) and wanted to check one answer (that I think is checkmate but is not listed as checkmate) using chess.com analysis feature, but when I set the custom position, the pawns are going to the opposite side!

Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong:

Steps to reproduce

1- Here on chess.com go to Learn -> Analysis -> Setup position

2- Enter FEN: 1K3BBR/2PR2P1/P5QP/q7/2PN1b2/p2p2p1/1pp4p/1kr1r2b b - - 0 1

3- Click play vs computer

4- Try to move any pawn (it goes to the opposite side) #lol

When I click "practice vs computer"

- How can I define who will start? (e.g. I want to start as black with that custom position)

- How can I define to which side the pawns should move #lol

I know I have to modify the FEN somehow to fix this, but not sure what.

Thanks and regards!

justbefair

Because your FEN is set up backwards.

It is supposed to start with row 8 and work down.

You have started with what you want to be in row 1.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth%E2%80%93Edwards_Notation

justbefair
RilesX
justbefair wrote:

Because your FEN is set up backwards.

It is supposed to start with row 8 and work down.

You have started with what you want to be in row 1.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth%E2%80%93Edwards_Notation

 

 

Thanks!, I will fix this.

Regards/