Im watching recaps on YouTube from the WC. How long before the game do the players get to know the starting position? I can't find this info.
I don't know exactly, but I would imagine they would only find out right before the game starts. The entire point of this variant (with 960 possible starting positions) is to help negate opening theory and preparation, so it wouldn't really be consistent to let the players know what to expect say the day before.
I'm not 100% sure, but to my understanding, the random position is generated just before the players sit down and then they play. Granted, there are some chess ceremonial things like the "first move" for photos before the "real" first move is played, so the players probably do have a few seconds or a minute to think about the position before the game starts, but I'm virtually certain there isn't time for opening preparation.
Im watching recaps on YouTube from the WC. How long before the game do the players get to know the starting position? I can't find this info.