Do you find chess960 challenging or fun?

Well... for 3.b3, Black plays 3..f6 (after 1.Ng3 Nf6 2.Nf5 Nh5), and I don't see any advantage for White in that. Show me.

Hey, is this challenging or is this fun?!  A bit of both...

Did you look at my diagram?

Chess960 is both challenging and fun, much better than regular chess. Opening theory don't apply in Chess960, and you don't transpose to a different game that was played 20 years ago lol.

Okay, in your main line (1. Ng3 Nf6 2. Nf5 Nh5 3. b3 f6 4. g4 Nf4? 5. e3) Black answers 4.g4 with ..g6! and that is similar to my continuation above. How about that? Black's position looks good enough, I think.

I like this line for white, after move 10 or so, the analysis gets weaker, but anything before that should be good.

I find 960 quite challlenging acctually because of the diiferent pieces on different places.

Well, looks like my forum is a success.

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1.Ng3 Nf6 2.Nf5 Nh5 3.d4! (instead of 3.g4?), threatening 4.Qg5. - Mark

Yes, congrats on that! - Mark

Thanks mark for all the advice. I hope that I can become a better 960 player!!!

I am hoping to get the comments to over 200. So, I will ask others. Do you find chess960 challenging or fun?

Thanks for posting and hosting this forum. To encourage other comment here, I have posted my reply to the above challenge by Mark in a separate forum: CHALLENGE!! Chess 960 opening position advantage?!

That is alright SaharanKnight!!! Thank you for giving me and others advice. You have worked hard. I will now see your new forum.

I'm new to chess 960 and I really like it.  It makes you think a lot more than regular chess, because the weaknesses (like f2 or f7 early in the game) are not a given.  You have to find them, figure out how to exploit them, and also defend them.  It also levels the playing field between players of unequal ability because the emphasis on opening theory isn't there.

Hey Psy_Junior, I see that you have been busy with 960 since I last commented about that... way back, and hey, three in a row, you are on a roll!  Challenged, huh? 

Got it...

CHALLENGE!! Chess 960 opening position advantage?!
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/challenge-chess-960-opening-position-advantage

...See you there! - Mark

sorry for necroposting but I wanted to say this...

chess 960 is so hard

even Martin beat me in 7 moves

Some claim the 960 is a failed experiment. I rather think Chess18 is a better solution. Chess18 is a hybrid of traditional chess and chess960, an attempt to better trade-off the virtues and weaknesses of each. Chess18 uses only the 18 starting positions from chess960 that have, like traditional chess, the rooks in the corners and the kings on the e file. Otherwise, the remaining pieces are shuffled.

I hate the fact that the position must be symmetrical. I'd like it better if both sides could be fully randomized. Also, no king between the rooks either. Castling is pointless in 960, the only rules that should stay the same are the bishops on opposite colors.