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====Incorrect setup==== For standard chess and the most used form of rapid and blitz chess there are the following rules. If it is discovered during the game that the starting position was incorrect, the game is restarted.{{sfn|FIDE|2023|loc=article 7.2.1}} If it is discovered during the game that the board is oriented incorrectly, the game is continued with the pieces transferred to a correctly oriented board.{{sfn|FIDE|2023|loc=article 7.2.2}} If the game starts with colors reversed, the game is restarted if less than 10 moves have been made by both players, otherwise the game is continued.{{sfn|FIDE|2023|loc=article 7.3}} If the clock setting is found to be incorrect during the game, it is corrected according to best judgement.{{sfn|FIDE|2023|loc=article 6.10.2}} Some regional organizations have different rules.{{efn|The USCF rules are different. If before Black's tenth move is completed it is discovered that the initial position was wrong or that the colors were reversed, the game is restarted with the correct initial position and colors. If the discovery is made after the tenth move, the game continues.{{sfn|Just|2019|loc=chapter 1, section 11F}}}}
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