But black has no king, so surely the game is over and there are no more legal mo...

electroly · 2025-09-26T08:56:48 1758877008

Every board on the page, with the exception of the illegal "all queens" board, has a black king. The king is the one with the cross above the crown. In the first board, the 218 winner, it's at A1.

davedx · 2025-09-26T09:01:13 1758877273

The first image, which I assume is the solution because the title is 'Reachable chess position with 218 moves for White, published by Petrović in 1964.', has no black king?

electroly · 2025-09-26T09:02:01 1758877321

Look again. It's at A1. You may be confusing that symbol with a different piece.

davedx · 2025-09-26T10:38:06 1758883086

Ugh. Sigh, I see it now - I thought that was the white king, because it has quite some white in it.

I will allocate 50% blame to my brain and eyes, and 50% to whoever designed a black king to have so much white in it :P Thanks!

jibal · 2025-09-26T12:24:16 1758889456

No, it's 100% on you. If the piece on a1 is a white king, then what's the piece on f1? And why would there be no black king, when the subject is reachable (and thus legal) positions?