I was playing in a tournament that was 97% finished for the 1st round but have been waiting 5 months for the last few games to complete & play again . Now I cannot even find the tournament to see who still has to finish their games. A few players have spoilt my 1st impressions of the chess960 group

Chess960 is like a tropic island having 960 gorgeous beaches all with white sand and blue water. For some obscure reason, probably to do with herd mentality, everyone who vacations on the island chooses the same beach, no.518 in the numbering scheme assigned by the pioneer who first charted the island. There are so many people on that particular beach that there is no place to throw your towel down or pitch your beach umbrella, unless you cling to the rocky, dangerous cliffs that line both sides of the beach. If you want to go swimming or snorkeling you have to go out hundreds of meters to get away from the crowds. Of course, you can always rent one of those robot boats that ferry the thrill seekers as far out as possible, but the real insiders say that the increasing use of those boats is rapidly destroying the beauty of the beach. Meanwhile the other 959 beaches remain just as they were when first discovered. A few intrepid vacationers prefer those beaches to no.518, although they have a hard time explaining why. Maybe they don't like crowds and just want to get away from it all. Whatever the reason, on every vacation they choose a different beach at random and enjoy themselves so much that they are reminded why they came to the island the first time. Once in a while they go back to the crowds at no.518 to renew old friendships and revisit old haunts, but it is never the same as it was before.[To be continued?]

Hi all, please feel free to include here any books you have read or you think they will be interesting for us to read. Shall We Play Fischerandom Chess? by Svetozar Gligoric REVIEW: Play Stronger Chess by Examining Chess960 by Gene Milener* BOOK PREVIEW REVIEW: Fischer-Random-Schach (FRC/Chess960): Die revolutionäre Zukunft des Schachspiels (inkl. Computerschach) by Reinhard Scharnagl [only German language available] REVIEW: (No review) Fischer Random Chess Openings by Jan H van Niekerk [only e-book available] REVIEW: (No review) Mastering Fischer Random Chess by Jan H van Niekerk [only e-book available] REVIEW: (No review) Fischer Random Chess Starting Positions by Jan H van Niekerk [only e-book available] REVIEW: (No review)

there r 4 major acrobatic teams out there when it comes to planes. wich one is best over all? the first one is the thunder birds wich is an american team. the second is the brazilian smoke squad. they have 7 plane i have seen them live and they are amazing. there planes have 2 things propelers and jet engines. the thierd is the snowbirds a canadian team with 12 jet planes from the canadian military. of finally the blue angels an american team with 6 or 7 planes the planes are spersonic jets. these team all do amazing stuff but wich one is the best!!!???

May we know who taught you how to play chess. Thank you for your respond. I learned how to play chess by watching my friends playing chess when I was still young in the late 1950s, but I stoped playing the game because I was appearing in the movies and was dancing the ballroom dancing. I just started playing chess again in the 1990s but not concentrating it because I'm just playing the game for fun, to make more new friends, to refresh/exercise my brain. I don't even read chess books and moves. Ray Duque III (GMBD), New York City

Even in Fischer Random are plenty of tactics

But how do you make an online game in chess960. i joined a tournament because i really wanna play, but how do you make a regular game?

This weekend on my chess960 blog I looked at the openings from a couple of games -- Mystery Moves and Gambling Moves -- by the two highest rated chess960 players on Chess.com. There is plenty of room in chess960 for creative play. What would you have played in the positions I've spotlighted in these games?

This weekend I blogged about the recent Nakamura - Movsesian exhibition match: Banska Stiavnica 2010 and Central vs. Flank Expansion. This wasn't the first time the two players have faced each other over chess960. I have three previous games from Mainz on file where the result was +2-1=0 in Nakamura's favor.

just wondering if there is any on this site, or if there isn't, is it possible? possibly with a set amount of time to look over the position. I like chess960, but I'm kind of filled up with correspondence games and they take a little long. Is there any live chess960?

This weekend on my personal blog I wrote about a set of Special Chess960 Dice used in a chess960 simul by GM Alexander Shabalov during the 2010 Canadian Open. Since this was the only chess960 event at the Canadian Open, I posted a few links about recent chess960 tournaments elsewhere: Chess960 Tournaments Are Rare Birds. After posting about the tournaments I received an email informing me that chess960 will be a side event at the 111th United States Open Chess Championship: '3 August: U.S. Open Fischer Random Championship'. Will this be the first time it is played at the U.S. Open?

This weekend on my personal chess960 blog I wrote about Digital Game Technology (DGT) -- DGT960 Chess Clock and DigitalGameTechnology.com -- with links to videos, the user manual, and more. The DGT company has made a big investment in promoting chess960.

Hope you enjoy this game more than the other !

This weekend on my personal chess960 blog I highlighted a Chess.com video, Chess960 Instructional Videos, and a YouTube video, More Chess960 Instructional Videos. Both posts have links to more clips from the same sources and the same video maker: FM Charles Galofre.

- Are you already "experienced" on this group or a "skilled" Chess960 player and would like to play some welcome games with the newest members coming to this group? (you will help them understand the chess960 rules and answer their questions about our group) Then, post your username on this thread as "Chess960 RandomChess GREETER" and you will be included on the GREETERs list here: e.g. "kokino - GREETER" GREETER (Status) - PTS - kokino () - 18 - Kacparov () - 0 - s7silver () - 0 - thegab03 () - 0 - chessleopard() - 0 - noone84 () - 0 I am available for open chess960 challenges. Sorry, Not available for open chess960 challenges! (I will challenge the newest members only) You can start challenging inmediately the newest member who didn't get a "welcome chess960 game" yet according to the list: Chess960 RandomChess NEWEST MEMBERS (The higher on the list, the newest) And the last "Welcome to Chess960 RandomChess!" game/member posted on this thread. POST A LINK TO THE GAME AND/ OR THE MEMBER CHALLENGED ON THIS THREAD! For every game included here, you will receive one point on your GREETER profile. (we will see what do you get in exchange.. ) - Our goal is to provide a 'welcome game' to all new members, the sooner they join, the better! - HOW DO I CREATE A CHESS960 CHALLENGE? - All challenges should be named "Welcome to Chess960 RandomChess!" - As general rule, all the challenges will be 5 days / move. (unless agreed otherwise) - It is up to the GREETERS to send the challenges rated / unrated. - Remember to challenge as Chess960! - If you were already a group member and you are simply looking for some Chess960 games, you can still challenge any of the available GREETERS or become one of them. (you might receive a chess960 challenge soon! ) - If you are not available for games from other current group members, but still want to continue on the GREETERs list, send me a message or simply post it here: "I am not available for challenges", I will update the list asap.-

How easy is it for a person to use rybka3 on their chess moves? Very. How do we detect such an atrocious scandal? How many people are getting away with using chess engines? Hard to determine. I, for one, do not own a chess engine (I use chess.com's engine). What can be done to catch cheaters? Just a curious thought!

Reasonably speaking, it takes but little experience with the variant called Fischer Random Chess (a.k.a. Chess960 or FRC) to become convinced of the depth of Mr. Fischer’s creation. Set firmly within the framework of standard chess, Chess960 is based upon a very refined usage of the 17th century “shuffle concept”: the resultant 960 starting arrays permit of a chess that is, at once, more profound and creative, and yet in no way burdened with a ponderous “openings theory”. Therein, however, lies the drawback as well: the Chess960 player is required to analyze the particular starting array he finds before him based solely upon general principles. Very strangely, considering the countless articles written on Chess960, this, the most basic problem posed by this variant – i.e., How do I go about analyzing a Chess960 opening position? – has all but been ignored! With this in mind, then, I’d like to offer the following basic method. I. Analyzing Confronting a Chess960 starting position, two questions must be asked: Are any “naturally weak” squares present? What kind of reasonable opening set-up can I hope to organize out of this? II. Naturally Weak Squares In the opening array, a square of the second or seventh rank is said to be naturally weak if a) it is guarded by no piece, or b) it is guarded by the king alone. In standard chess, as is well known, the sole naturally weak squares are f2 and f7. Let’s look at some examples from a few Chess960 positions: As can be seen, the majority of Fischer Random positions contain naturally weak squares. The point should be obvious: a great many opening set-ups in Chess960 revolve around defending and attacking these key squares. III. An Opening Goal When setting out to write a short story, the first thing in Edgar Allan Poe’s mind was the ending. In other words, before he even started, he knew precisely (or Poe-cisely) where he wanted to finish. In thinking about a possible opening set-up for a Chess960 game, that’s just how you should start: In, say, 10 to 12 moves, where would I like to see my pieces? Don’t misunderstand this: I did not say, “How can I get my pieces into such-and-such a formation?”, that’s a plan, but rather merely, “Where would I like them to be?”, that’s a goal. Let’s look at an example. Again taking position 959, after some consideration, I visualize this: Now, of course, my opponent is going to actively inhibit my plans; further, something better may occur to me as we proceed; but still, with this ideal first conception clearly in view, I’ve made some big steps toward working-out a winning game. IV. An Opening Plan Ok, you know where the naturally weak squares (if any) are, and you’ve visualized some kind of opening formation, now, what about a plan to realize all this? This is a game played by 2 Chess Masters (one of their first Chess960 games) and can be taken as example of a simple opening plan: V. Summary Weak squares and a possible set-up scenario are two key concepts in the Chess960 opening. Obviously, a solid knowledge of classical chess formations is required. In classical chess, the quickest part of the game is the opening; in Chess960, as seen in the demo game, this is not at all the case. From the very first move, Chess960 demands creative analysis on the part of the players. Source: On the Opening in Fischer Random Chess I posted this article in 2 different posts long time ago in another Chess960 group here @chess.com. However, they were merged in one by the admin there.

I will post here the points scored by our team players on every team match. This way you can see who are the most active and participative players. The leaderboard is ranked by the number of participations. The list will be updated everytime we finish completely a Team Match. Team Matches LAST UPDATE: 08/05/2010 Chess960 RandomChess #2 (Vs. ALL OHIO) / 8-2 (Win) SP - 746 RKNNBBQR Let's play RandomChess under 1400 (Vs. TURK CHESS PLAYERS) / 2-0 (Win) Return to Chess960 RandomChess Guide.

We are playing games with this Starting Position here: Rapid Chess960 Knock-Outs (~300 games) Go Back to the Starting Positions Index

We are playing Chess960 games with this Starting Position here: Let's play Chess960 (14 days/ move!) (Vs. D` CHESSBOMB - 20 games) Go Back to the Starting Positions Index