Chess960

Could someone tell me what Chess960 is and what the use of it is for?

I don't know, either.

Chess 960 was made by Bobby Fischer - more about here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960

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






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Thanks _Chess_Boy, for telling me what Chess960 is.

See the menu on the horizontal green bar across the top of the page? Move your cursor over 'Learn' and you'll see a drop-down menu: click on 'Chess Rules & Basics'. When you get to that page, click on 'Chess960' and you'll find a good explanation and a link to more info, too.

Thanks, guitarzan, for more information

:)