Its a chess960 game
Chess960 (also called FischerRandom) is just like regular chess... except that the starting position is shuffled to include 960 different possible positions!
So you can throw out your opening book, but keep your opening principles.
You play the same, but you just have different placement of pieces on the starting row.
The only change in rules is that castling is funky - when you castle, the king/rook end up in the same position as when they castle in regular chess (king on g-file and rook on f-file for kingside, king on c-file and rook on d-file for queenside).
The 960 comes from the number of different possible starting positions where there is a rook on each side of the king and where there are bishops of opposite color.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960
Incorrect board.
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Jul 26, 2010
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It is chess 960 buddy, google about chess 960 and get information about it.
Oh someone else answered before me! 
I understood I was playing "online" NOT 960
Jul 26, 2010
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Whoever creates the game challenge, team match or tournament has the option to choose whether the game[s] are standard or chess960.
There is a little chess960 icon by the game that shows.
In my game with Tarzann I should have noticed on my 2nd move N to f3. On the right side of the board the files F.G & H are incorrectly filled. Its my move but I cannot move as I should