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The Inaugural BBC960 Members’ Classic Tournament has arrived.
Dubbed the ‘Chess event of 2018’ by many, there are exquisite medals to won by the top three players in addition to the title of Club Champion.
Welcome to Chess960 or the variant also known as Fischer Random Chess. The 11th World Champion Robert James Fischer was the most famous advocate of the idea of shuffling the back-rank pieces in 1996 to deal with the emphasis on opening theory. 960 is the number of possible starting positions.
The BBC960 Foundation: Join now!
(5-days per move, open rating, limited places, strictly members only)
Thank you & good luck.
