Is fischer random the more practical way of learning chess these days?

fischer random teaches creativity and you never have to worry about theory and you must rely on your skill alone.

this seems to be better for learning chess, you never have to worry about memorizing the best openings or robot analysis. What do you guys think?

Does not sound like a bad idea to me.

Nope

why not?

I think there might be a point to this, but only to some degree. I haven't learned theory, seems all right at my level. On the other hand, I haven't played much 960 because I find it very confusing. Even up to the early middlegame, positions can be very odd (I remember someone who plays chess walked by me when I was playing 960 and was like, what is this??)
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I don't deny 960 has its merits, but the last time I played 960 with a friend (similar level), we both had horrible accuracy and if I recall correctly, the game report said we played like around 1000 level. Sure, it can be nice, but I don't think it makes sense to promote it as the one default way to learn chess.

Playing Fischer Random Chess can be a valuable complement to traditional chess, as it helps improve creativity, adaptability, and general chess skills. It offers a fresh perspective and can be a welcome break from the sometimes overwhelming body of opening theory in traditional chess.

@ChessMasteryOfficial ......thanks AI?

Fischer random seems like a good way to play chess without the theory, its literally a skill based game rather than how much theory you can remember/how good you can remember

why not?

bro are you just going to say noXD

poor puffer fish

i mean like fishcer is the best chess player and the way he created chess 960 is a good step to become more creative in chess

I think if this is what you want, it's probably better just to play puzzles all day.

It's good to keep in mind it's just a variation, and the actual game of Chess is exactly how it is played normally.

Also if you want to progress far, you just gotta go through the hassle of learning openings... It's not like there are a ton of Chess960 competitions happening all the time... They pop up sure, but still far less common than normal chess.

There's some reasonable logic to this idea ... but honestly, I believe it would make learning chess even more difficult than it already is.

We can think of Standard chess like a vehicle. You learn to drive it by practicing in the same vehicle each time. Little by little, you learn how to operate the vehicle through familiarity and repetition ...

Using this analogy, we can consider Fischer Random to be akin to learning how to drive a different, random vehicle each time you climb inside.

The first time you climb in, it might be a car. The next time, it might be a tractor. After that, it might be an airplane. After that, a submarine ...

Imagine how difficult that would feel for a learning driver, to be plopped into an unfamiliar vehicle each time ...

if i drive a Toyota, then another day i drive a Honda, its pretty much the same thing except for design changes

comparing driving a car to a tractor is like comparing chess to checkers. similar but quite different

@Ironsteam1

I'm currently teaching an absolute beginner (my nephew, who has only played 2 games in his life. For him, it's still a challenge to remember how the knight moves (he can't remember if it's 2 squares forward and 1 square to the side, or 2 squares forward and 2 squares to the side) ...

He's also still trying to remember how to set up the pieces on their original squares (he keeps getting confused about where the knights and bishops go, and where the kings and queens go).

At this point in his chess, I believe it would be too confusing to say, "By the way, let's randomly arrange all the pieces, as well - so each game starts differently, each time!"

Teaching him basic opening principles, for example, would be extremely difficult in this way - as different 960 setups won't necessarily align with traditional principles ...

I think Fischer Random can be a great creative challenge for players - but I feel that it's something better saved for more experienced players. JMHO.

id say its good to play fischer random when theory starts to become necessary to know in order to play chess

nope

nope

Just like chess is for the immense majority of players.

nope

fine i dont need to convince you ill just let you waste your time

nope