 The starting position is essentially obtained from that of orthodox chess by cutting the board in half and bending the two halves to join at the ends.Two lines are marked on opposite sides of the board, and each set of pieces is positioned so as to straddle this line.The king and queen start on the innermost ring, with, as is the case in square chess, the queen on a square of the same colour; the bishops start in the second ring from the centre, the knights on the third and the rooks on the outermost ring.