Chess960 Arena Tournament on Sat., Oct. 10 at 3:30pm

National Chess Day is Saturday, October 10.  To celebrate, PCS Chess will have an open Fischer Random Arena tournament on October 10 from 3:30 – 4:30.  All PCS Chess members are invited to play and/or watch!

From Wikipedia:  Fischer random chess, also known as Chess960, is a variation of the game of chess invented by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer.  It employs the same board and pieces as standard chess, but the starting position of the pieces on the players' home ranks is randomized.  The random setup makes gaining an advantage through the memorization of openings impracticable; players instead must rely more on their spontaneous talent and creativity over the board.

Fischer random chess introduces new rules regarding the initial random setup, "preserving the dynamic nature of the game by retaining bishops of opposite colours for each player and the right to castle for both sides".  The result is 960 unique possible starting positions.

The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019, won by Wesley So (USA), brought more prominence to the variant.