Chess???960

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bjazz

I know.

kohai

You didn't post a question so I'm not sure what it is you're asking or want to know.

So I'll respond with information for you.

Yes you can play chess960 here

Chess960 (also called FischerRandom) is just like regular chess... except that the starting position is shuffled to include 960 different possible positions!

So you can throw out your opening book, but keep your opening principles.

You play the same, but you just have different placement of pieces on the starting row.

The only change in rules is that castling is funky - when you castle, the king/rook end up in the same position as when they castle in regular chess (king on g-file and rook on f-file for kingside, king on c-file and rook on d-file for queenside).

The 960 comes from the number of different possible starting positions where there is a rook on each side of the king and where there are bishops of opposite color.

To start a 960 game, go here:

http://www.chess.com/echess/create_game.html   

and under Advanced Options choose Type: Chess960.

Or, find a game here:

http://www.chess.com/echess/open_invites.html

For more info, read here:

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

PrawnEatsPrawn

It's for everyone, even grandmasters sometimes play 960.

corpsporc

My dog beat me at chess 960 once!

jaydeeuk1

I'm still trying to work out how the hell you castle

LANDSER

I PREFER THE CLASSIC CHESS !