No, you don't have to pay. When you start a new game, scroll down to game options and find the list of game modes. The default one is "Standard Chess" but the other one is "Chess 960". Hope this helped :)
Chess960 on chess.com
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Do you have to pay for it on chess.com? I cant find it anywhere but saw some people with a chess960 score