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Chess960

Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position of the pieces on the back rank. It was introduced by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1996 to reduce the emphasis on opening preparation and to encourage creativity in play. Chess960 uses the same board and pieces as classical chess, but the…

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Chance
Pieces are randomized
Genres
Board game · Chess variant
Players
2
Playing time
Casual games: 10–60 min Tournament games: from 10 min (fast chess) to 6 hours
Setup time
≈1 min + 1 min to determine starting position
Skills
Strategy, tactics

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Chess960

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Chess960

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related to First tournaments · 56
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related to Mainz Championships · 45
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related to Computers · 24
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related to External links · 19
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related to Coding games and positions · 18
Chess960 → Castling, Edwards Notation, FEN, Fischer Random Chess, Fischerandom, Forsyth, Games, If, In, Note, PGN, PGN-recorded, Portable Game Notation, Recorded, This, To, Variant, Variation
related to Freestyle Chess · 17
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related to Further reading · 17
Chess960 → Adventures, Books, Briffoz, Castle Long Publications, Createspace, Demand GmbH, Eric, Examining Chess960, Fischer-Random-Schach, FRC/Chess960, Gene, German, ISBN, Milener, Play Stronger Chess, Reinhard, Scharnagl
related to Saint Louis Chess Club's Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX · 16
Chess960 → Anish Giri, Chess, From September, Garry Kasparov, Hikaru Nakamura, Leinier Domínguez, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Peter Svidler, Players, Saint Louis Chess Club, Sam Shankland, The, They, Veselin Topalov, Wesley So
related to Van Zuylen van Nijevelt's early contributions · 16
Chess960 → Chess, Dutch, Dutch-speaking, He, His, In, Its, La Supériorité, Nijevelt, Nijevelt's, Philip Julius, Superiority, The, This, Van Zuylen, Zuylen
related to White's advantage · 12
Chess960 → BBNNRKRQ, BBRNNQKR, Black, Hence, However, It, RNBQKBNR, Sesse, SP, Stockfish, The, White

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chess fischer starting random won positions castling world king position first tournament game van players games champion rules rook move

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Chess960ChancePieces are randomized1.00infobox
Chess960GenresBoard game1.00infobox
Chess960GenresChess variant1.00infobox
Chess960Players21.00infobox
Chess960Playing timeCasual games: 10–60 min Tournament games: from 10 min (fast chess) to 6 hours1.00infobox
Chess960Setup time≈1 min + 1 min to determine starting position1.00infobox
Chess960SkillsStrategy, tactics1.00infobox
Chess960SynonymsFischer Random Chess1.00infobox
Chess960Years activeSince June 19, 19961.00infobox
Chess960related to Castling rulesAs0.60section
Chess960related to Castling rulesAfter0.60section
Chess960related to Castling rulesThe0.60section

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