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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner... Strangest board position I have ever seen!

Author: Steve B

Date: 06:10:15 04/18/05

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>And look here, this is a **** commercial software ****!
>
>http://www.finson.it/prodotti/catalogo/next/CD5288/CD5288.asp
>
>Look the chessboard in the center of package
>Square h1 is black
>The knight is in f1.

yes excellent posting
this is the well known "Dislexia Proper"...position
knights and bishops reversed with the wrong colored square in the right hand
corner
this starting position is also seen with the correct white square in the right
corner as well
however the name for this is simply "Dislexia" position

there was also one dedicated chess computer that was actually released for sale
with the wrong colored sqaure syndrome

the now infamous Omikron Bogol:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=de0b.jpg&.src=ph

sdrageR
evetS








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