Fischer Random Chess Openings

Good morning,

I have been searching for years for a complete set of openings for Fischer Random Chess.

I found none, that is until I decided to write one.

I have just published a Kindle (ePub) version on Amazon.

It contains all 960 starting positions. Each starting position has 10 opening sequences, and a maximum of 20 moves each.

It took years and many games to get it where it is and personally, I use it daily to sharpen and improve my own chess development.

Please feel free to have a look.

Regards.

Jan H van Niekerk

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fischer-Random-Chess-Openings-9600-ebook/dp/B07NGJ2JNH/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549715652&sr=1-11&refinements=p_27%3AJan+Van+Niekerk

3. Ne3?

Shouldn't these all read Nf3?

First ten games all have this error.  

Copyright 2008 and I am the first to point this out?

My point is the editor cut and pasted an illegal move by calling out Ne3 when Fischer’s third move was often Nf3. 

I suspect many beginners will be confused if they follow the games. Fortunately the problem appears in game one through ten so the reader can discount the value of the book before investing too much time.  

Eample of game 1:

1. c4 b6

2. f4 c5

3. Ne3...

Ne3 is not a legal move, Nf3 is a legal move and standard Fischer repertoire.  

These are opening moves. The games are not annotated.  Just 960 game openings in algebraic notation.  

If a knight starts on f1 or d1 why would 3. Ne3 not be possible?

Am I wrong or does the kingside knight start at G1?

At this point I am ready to to say, “screw it.”

You obviously don't understand how Fisher random chess works.  The starting locations of the pieces are random.  In general, all or most of the pieces are not positioned as in standard chess, to start the game...

You are correct.  I don’t get it. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960

It could be at g1, or f1, or h1 or even a1, there may not even be a king-side Knight. There may be two queen-side knights.  Or two king-side knights.  It is RANDOM! The only guarantees are a rooks on opposite sides of the king and bishops of opposite colored squares. 

I have sent you a challenge for a 960 game. Let’s play!

Biglaw,

Thanks for the explanation and the offer for a match. 

Let me take a raincheck on that now. Clearly I am in the need on brushing up my skill and knowledge.  Taking on an 1800+ player such as you would likely be pretty humiliating. 

Now that I've gotten past trying to figure out wtf alderstatesman was talking about....

to the OP, how did you figure out the best opening moves for all 960 (959?) 

positions?  

Also, even if the information is accurate, how useful is it?  Is it even possible for anyone to keep all these possibilities in their head when a random starting postion is presented.  And what are the oddds, in chess 960, that any game would still be in your "book" after the first 3 or 4 moves?  

The next point: You claim 10 openings with up to 20 moves each for 960 openings.  It would be a pretty good chess player who knew 10 openings 20 moves deep for even just the standard starting position.  Multiply by 960?   The reason 960 was invented was to eliminate the memorized openings and force creative thinking from move 1.  It is hard to imagine that a book like this, even if accurate, would be that useful,  as it is not practical to commit to memory.  

There is a sub forum called "Chess Variants" which is a better place for this thread than "Chess books and equipment".