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What is chess 960? I registered for a 960 tornament but i dont know what it is.

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chess960 or FischerRandomChess. Bobby Fischer created a variation of chess where all the pieces on both of the bottom ranks are randomized (white and black).

ADK

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He didn't create it, he just edited the castling rules (which I'm not crazy about personally).

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Narz wrote:

He didn't create it, he just edited the castling rules (which I'm not crazy about personally).


Yeah, but I still think he deserves the credit for it.

ADK

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Well he deserves credit for popularizing it.

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Narz wrote:

He didn't create it, he just edited the castling rules (which I'm not crazy about personally).


He did more than edit the castling rules (of shuffle chess). He also put restrictions on the placement of the pieces (which is where the 960 comes from).

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is there anything different than the setting???????

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thanks

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Can this help improve someone tactical eye.
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Yeah, so can regular chess of course but shuffle chess gets you into unique & potentially very tactical positions earlier.

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Can all form's of chess help someone
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http://playchess960.com/pdfs/PSCbyEC960.pdf