Chess960 Explained!

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In the same section as Bullet, Blitz, Rapid and Daily.

Next to the time, there's a button with a chess board. If you click it, then you can see the different variants, including Chess960. Let me know if you need more help.

there should be a variant where its truly random random number of pieces random placement

If you want any kind of variant, trust me, it already exists. Just google "chess variant"... any idea you have was already created.

i am very bad at this

Почему на варианты игры 960-rapid, или 960-blitz нет статистики в приложении к Android, но эту статистику видно web версии. В приложении к Android, есть только статистика на 960-заочные. В которые вообще не играл. Зачем отображается эта статистика если нет и одной игры.

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Select rapid time controls and then this:

and viola:

I haven't tried for a while but I was never able to get an opponent in rapid, and only rarely in 5/5 960.  Computer searches and searches.  It seems most people want to play 3 minute or daily.

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Rapid 960 would be very cool

What time variant are people playing? I have tried 3/2 and straight 3 min and it cannot often find me an opponent in a timely fashion, do I need to change something in my profile to open it up to a wider range of players, I have not altered however chess.com set it up.

If you want daily games, I would suggest simply asking here for them.

My favourite variant is Horde and I love it. In this white should checkmate black and black should take all the white pieces. White will have lots of pawns and black will have the normal set up of standard chess .

Racing kings is also an interesting variant . Both the kings will rush for the last rank and the colour which comes first is the winner. The arrangement of pieces is also little different

Why doesn't Chess960 have a site of its own and only have real chess on this site?

Two thoughts here:

1. "Real" chess is only that because the majority of people play it. However what you think of as "real" chess was a variant of standard chess relatively recently. The Queen was not this mobile until about 500 years ago.

2. Chess960 is the best candidate for advancing Chess into the future, hence its adoption by FIDE for standardized rules and rankings. There is no better place for Chess960 than this site.