This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting...
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Levon Aronian (section Chess960)
Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012. He was also world champion in Chess960 in 2006 and 2007, in rapid chess in 2009, and in blitz chess in 2010. Aronian...
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The World Chess960 Championship is a match or tournament held to determine a world champion in Chess960 (also known as Fischer random chess), a popular...
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classical Chess960 tournament that took place at Gut Weißenhaus in Wangels, Germany from February 9–16, 2024. It was the first major Chess960 tournament...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour (category Chess960 competitions)
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is a series of Chess960 tournaments in 2025 organized by Freestyle Chess Operations. It will consist of five "Grand...
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variations of the rules for fast chess, correspondence chess, online chess, and Chess960. Besides the basic moves of the pieces, rules also govern the equipment...
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done to address a perceived issue with the standard game. For example, Chess960, which randomises the starting positions, was introduced as Fischer Random...
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The Grenke Freestyle Chess Open was an open Chess960 tournament. It took place from 17 April to 21 April 2025 in Karlsruhe, Germany. It was held concurrently...
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Fischer random chess numbering scheme (redirect from Chess960 Enumbering Scheme)
then 2004 in his (German language) book "Fischer-Random-Schach (FRC / Chess960) - Die revolutionäre Zukunft des Schachspiels (inkl. Computerschach)",...
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include modern variations employing different rules (e.g. losing chess and Chess960), different forces (e.g. Dunsany's chess), non-standard pieces (e.g. Grand...
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KQkq - 1 2 FEN is crucial for recording games in chess variants such as Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess), where the initial position is not...
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Champion; four of these titles were blitz championships, and one was a Chess960 championship. He also invented the Universal Chess Interface, a chess engine...
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for Slovenia. He is the reigning European champion in Rapid chess and Chess960. He competed in the Chess World Cup in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2023. Fedoseev...
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tournament and match play. He also invented Fischer random chess, also known as Chess960, a chess variant in which the initial position of the pieces is randomized...
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The Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam is a Chess960 tournament that takes place in Paris, France from 7 April to 14 April 2025. It is the second leg of...
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also under rapid chess time control - the world champion in Chess960 and the computer Chess960 world champion were determined. The Chess Classic took place...
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the Corsican circuit rapid chess tournament. Nakamura won the 2008 Finet Chess960 Open in Mainz, Germany. In November 2008, he won the Cap d'Agde Rapid Tournament...
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Chess Problems: World Chess Solving Championship Chess variants: World Chess960 Championship (Fischer random chess) Chess portal World portal Comparison...
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The Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam was a 10-player Chess960 tournament that took place in Wangels, Germany from 7 February to 14 February 2025...
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algebraic notation with non-Staunton figurines, used by Gene Milener during Chess960 tournaments. Descriptive notation was the prevalent notation in English-speaking...
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as pre-chess, is a chess variant invented in 1978 by Maxwell Lawrence. Chess960 (Fischer random chess) is similar but has fewer starting positions. In...
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Virtual reality game Chaturanga Arimaa Chess Atomic chess Bughouse chess Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess) Fast chess Losing chess Janggi Shōgi...
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Rapid round-robin Chess960 Rapid 2 2 3 3.5/7 5th Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge (Chess960 games with rapid tie-breaks) Chess960 Classical Rapid tie-break...
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com. Retrieved 2020-03-28. "Chess960@home — News archive". Chess960@home. Retrieved 2012-01-29. "Chess960@home". Chess960@home. 2012. Archived from the...
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Levon Aronian. Just a few days before, Aronian had defeated Anand in the Chess960 final. In March 2007, Anand won the Linares chess tournament and it was...
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though he bounced back with victory at Marx Gyorgy Memorial then won the Chess960 Junior Chess Championship winning the last four games against Arkadij Naiditsch...
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Fischer for the variation of chess he invented. See Chess960. Fischer Random Chess See Chess960. fish [derogatory slang] A weak or easily defeated player...
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function. It represents positions using bitboards. Stockfish supports Chess960, a feature it inherited from Glaurung. Support for Syzygy tablebases, previously...
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website supports the following chess variants: Antichess Atomic chess Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess) Crazyhouse Horde (a variant of Dunsany's chess)...
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Notation is used to record the starting position for variants (such as Chess960) which have initial positions other than the orthodox chess initial position...
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