• 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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    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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    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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    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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  • The Las Vegas Freestyle Chess Grand Slam is a Chess960 tournament that takes place in Las Vegas, United States from 16 July to 20 July 2025. It is the...
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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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    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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    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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  • then 2004 in his (German language) book "Fischer-Random-Schach (FRC / Chess960) - Die revolutionäre Zukunft des Schachspiels (inkl. Computerschach)",...
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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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    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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    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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    Chess Problems: World Chess Solving Championship Chess variants: World Chess960 Championship (Fischer random chess) Chess portal World portal Comparison...
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    The Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam was a Chess960 tournament that takes place in Paris, France from 7 April to 14 April 2025. It was the second leg of...
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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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  • algebraic notation with non-Staunton figurines, used by Gene Milener during Chess960 tournaments. Smith notation or Coordinate notation specifies the source...
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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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    fifth-highest-rated player in history. In 2019, So said his favorite form of chess is chess960 (also known as Fischer random chess). Later that year, So became the inaugural...
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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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  • simulation game Sim racing Chaturanga Arimaa Chess Atomic chess Bughouse chess Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess) Fast chess Losing chess Janggi Shōgi...
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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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    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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    the Russian Women's Championship. In August 2006, she became the first Chess960 women's world champion after beating Germany's top female player Elisabeth...
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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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    Gukesh participated in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, a series of Chess960 tournaments. In February, he finished in eighth place in the first leg...
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