[Event "crazy custom positions example games: pawn maniacs"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/Fo2KrOWK/vyUPVncU"] [White "stockfish 11"] [Black "stockfish 11"] [Result "0.5 - 0.5"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/anonymblaameis"] [FEN "1kq3rr/pppp2bb/pppp2nn/8/8/NN2PPPP/BB2PPPP/RR3QK1 w Qk - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2021.08.27"] [UTCTime "19:19:20"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/Fo2KrOWK/vyUPVncU"] [Orientation "white"] { these are some of the custom positions we've played with in teambattles and arenas in my team Thematic maniacs ( https://lichess.org/team/thematic-maniacs ) and other dream positions ive found unfortunately theres alot of restrictions when it comes to custom positions. 1. each sides cant have more than 8 pawns. 2. each side cant have more than 16 pieces in total. 3. cant start in chech and 4. pawns cant start on 1st rank. break one of these and ur position becomes illigal. these "impossible" positions can only be played thru challanges. its impossible to make teambattles or arenas with these so that kinda sucks. nevertheless u can still make many fun positions, like u can see in this study, eitherway tho:) 95% of all the positions in this study is playable. if u want to look for more crazy/ impossible positions i can recommend these studies: https://lichess.org/study/0jzozhfV and https://lichess.org/study/3Q05qdqa *almost all of them are illigal positions. btw feel free to come with suggestions! note: a lot of these positions has been "composed" by me but also a lot of them have been composed by someone else. ive tried to credit them but it has not been easy to find, which is one of the reasons why many chapters lacks description unfortunately } { several modifications of this position has been made. see from chapter 40, and this one have tweaked it so bishops cant capture one move 1 https://lichess.org/tournament/OayBaLd7 * and another cool thematic study: https://lichess.org/study/0jzozhfV https://lichess.org/study/pj860XjP by e-pluszak } 1. e4 { [%eval 0.34] } (1. g4 d5 2. e4 Bxb2 3. Rxb2 dxe4 4. fxe4 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Rd1 Nf4 7. f3 Qe8 8. Kh1) (1. Nd4 d5 (1... Ne5 2. Bxg8 Bxb1 3. Qxb1 Qxg8 4. f4 Nef7) 2. e4 Ne7 3. Qc1) (1. Nc4) (1. Bxg7 Rxg7 2. Qc1 Qf8 3. e4 Nf7) 1... Bxb2 { [%eval 0.99] } 2. Rxb2 { [%eval 0.53] } 2... Qf8 { [%eval 0.52] } 3. Nc4 { [%eval 0.34] } 3... Qg7 { [%eval 0.54] } 4. Rd2 { [%eval 0.31] } 4... c5 { [%eval 0.36] } 5. Ne3 { [%eval 0.24] } 5... Re8 { [%eval 0.4] } 6. g4 { [%eval 0.4] } 6... a5?! { [%eval 1.0] } { Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (6... b5 7. g3) 7. Rdd1 { [%eval 1.43] } 7... Ne7 { [%eval 0.85] } 8. g3 { [%eval 1.13] } 8... Nhg8 { [%eval 0.86] } 9. Nf5 { [%eval 1.0] } 9... Qf8 { [%eval 0.64] } 10. Ne3 { [%eval 1.04] } 10... a4 { [%eval 1.34] } 11. Nd2 { [%eval 1.15] } 11... b5 { [%eval 0.79] } 12. h4 { [%eval 1.07] } 12... Nc6 { [%eval 1.23] } 13. g5 { [%eval 1.25] } 13... Qg7 { [%eval 1.21] } 14. Nd5?! { [%eval 0.69] } { Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } (14. Ng4 Ne5 15. h3 c4 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Ne7 19. Rxa4 Bg8 20. Bxg8 Qxg8) 14... a6 { [%eval 1.13] } 15. f4 { [%eval 1.54] } 15... Rxe4 { [%eval 1.37] } 16. Nxe4 { [%eval 1.65] } 16... Bxe4 { [%eval 1.61] } 17. f3 { [%eval 1.36] } 17... Bc2 { [%eval 1.25] } 18. Rd2 { [%eval 1.44] } 18... Nd4 { [%eval 1.31] } 19. Re1 { [%eval 1.1] } 19... Bb3 { [%eval 1.48] } 20. Bxb3 { [%eval 1.57] } 20... axb3 { [%eval 1.72] } 21. e4 { [%eval 1.35] } 21... Ne7 { [%eval 1.53] } 22. Nxe7 { [%eval 1.26] } 22... Qxe7 { [%eval 1.65] } 23. Rxd4?? { [%eval -0.88] } { Blunder. f5 was best. } (23. f5 Nc6 24. Kg2 c4 25. Re3 b6 26. Qe2 Qf7) 23... cxd4 { [%eval -0.75] } 24. Qd3 { [%eval -1.25] } 24... c5 { [%eval -0.71] } 25. Qxb3 { [%eval -0.55] } 25... c4 { [%eval -1.09] } 26. Qb2 { [%eval 0.22] } 26... c3 { [%eval 0.23] } 27. Qb4 { [%eval 0.0] } 27... Rc8 { [%eval 0.08] } 28. Qxd4 { [%eval 0.07] } 28... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 29. g6 { [%eval -3.27] } (29. Qxd5) 29... c2 30. Kg2 dxe4 31. fxe4 Rc4 32. Qb2 Rxe4 33. g7 Re2+ 34. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 35. Kh3 Qe6+ 0.5 - 0.5