I don't know that it would be fair? In 960, the back row has to mirror each other. If it doesn't then someone could have an advantageous position to start.
Completely randomized chess?
Sort:
I think they tried that with checkers.
Pen, that's the idea. 960 style but pawns go anywhere essentially.
Yes, but it'd remove all theory completely which would just make for some good times. Z-Chess we shall call it mwahahaha
I know of 960 and other variants, but has anyone ever played chess by just having completely random placement? I could see this being an extremely challenging game. No mirroring, nothing. You get what you get, so your queen could be in the corner or in the middle, etc.