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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Chess Problems: World Chess Solving Championship Chess variants: World Chess960 Championship (Fischer random chess) Chess portal World portal Comparison...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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chess. Sun Tzu chess – combination of Double Fischer Random Chess (like Chess960, but with different positions for White and Black), crazyhouse and dark...
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