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Will Fischer Random chess now also become more popular and accepted on all levels?

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Nordlandia
Nov 12, 2019
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#101
idoun wrote:
Nordlandia wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
Nordlandia wrote:

it boggles my mind why Seirawan or Capablanca and Gothic chess is given so little attention by the broad chess community. I suppose most chess players are so old-fashioned and "boring" 

 

Seirawan chess is quite interesting. 

 

Yeah i know but why chess players in general avoid it? i see no GMs beside Yasser that play it on regular basic. 

Because it requires special pieces. 

You're saying people don't play it because pieces are not available? that's not true. Variant pieces are available for sale online. Affordable. For instance "Musketeer Chess Variant Kit" 

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DiogenesDue
Nov 12, 2019
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#102
idoun wrote:
 

I have no idea why you quoted me because you made up literally every point in your post, and then responded to your own invented points. 

- People would still try to create opening lines for 960, leading some people to give up when it becomes impossible to play and prep the way they have become accustomed to

I really don't know what you mean here, so am not even going to try to speculate. 

- Once it became clear that 960 was not some panacea for leveling the playing field in the opening phase (i.e. they would still have to put effort in...), a whole different set of people would give up

When did anyone claim that 960 was supposed to level the playing field in the opening? I have never heard this argument before. 

So, your response to feeling that I "made up" my points (isn't that what people do?  it's not a point to be made if it's not coming from me) is to write a reply that says nothing.  Okay...?  Moving on...

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dannyhume
Nov 13, 2019
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#103

Cheating would be more difficult with Fischer Random

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jdwalkerMN
Nov 13, 2019
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#104

The increasing need for opening memorization is one of the main reasons I stopped playing OTB tournaments. I just got sick of it, and while I think I have a pretty good strategic and tactical sense, my memory is crap. I'd love to play in a 960 tournament.

If top players don't flock to 960, that could just be because they've made such a big investment in standard chess.

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idoun
Dec 28, 2019
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#105

So, your response to feeling that I "made up" my points (isn't that what people do?  it's not a point to be made if it's not coming from me) is to write a reply that says nothing.  Okay...?  Moving on...

Why did you quote me when your message had nothing to do with anything I said? That was literally my point, to which you did not respond. I asked for clarification since what you posted did not make sense and no response. Moving on...

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idoun
Dec 28, 2019
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#106
jdwalkerMN wrote:

The increasing need for opening memorization is one of the main reasons I stopped playing OTB tournaments. I just got sick of it, and while I think I have a pretty good strategic and tactical sense, my memory is crap. I'd love to play in a 960 tournament.

If top players don't flock to 960, that could just be because they've made such a big investment in standard chess.

Chess has been around for > 1000 yrs, one cannot expect players to flock to 960 overnight. 

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DiogenesDue
Dec 29, 2019
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#107
idoun wrote:

So, your response to feeling that I "made up" my points (isn't that what people do?  it's not a point to be made if it's not coming from me) is to write a reply that says nothing.  Okay...?  Moving on...

Why did you quote me when your message had nothing to do with anything I said? That was literally my point, to which you did not respond. I asked for clarification since what you posted did not make sense and no response. Moving on...

- I almost always quote people I am replying to.  It avoids shenanigans later.

- Not my problem if you can't make sense of something.