Chess960 / Shuffle Chess
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Yea, it is a great challenge to play. It really ticks off my friends when I castle from all the way across =P. Its a good way to learn some unique attacks.
Jan 30, 2008
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The main point is that the single starting position the Chess we all know has been analyzed to the hilt. GM's may be 25 moves or more into a game before they are out of known theory and they often agree to a draw before this point is ever reached. With 960 diferent possible starting positions you have to start from an unknow unanalyzed position right from move 1. Different forms of shuffle-chess have been proposed, but Chess960, also called Fischerandom Chess after the guy who proposed it ( a Bobby Something-or-other...), seems to have become the standard and is taken seriously at by players of the highest levels.
What does anyone know about Chess960? Here is what I read at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960