notation to describe chess moves. Fischer random chess, also known as Chess960 ('chess nine-sixty'), is a variation of the game of chess invented by the former...
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Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won...
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The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022 (WFRCC) was the second official world championship in Fischer Random Chess (also known as Chess960)...
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The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019 (WFRCC) was the first world championship in Fischer random chess officially recognized by the international...
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The Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge was an 8-player over-the-board classical Fischer random chess tournament that took place at Gut Weißenhaus in Wangels...
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The game Fischer random chess, played with conventional chess pieces and rules, starts with a random selection of one of 960 positions for the pieces...
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name of Victorian Chess. Capablanca random chess applies the concept of Fischer random chess to Capablanca chess, except with additional restrictions...
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Wesley So (category Filipino chess players)
American chess grandmaster, a three-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the first World Fischer Random Chess Champion. He is also a three-time Philippine Chess Champion...
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World Chess960 Championship (category Fischer random chess)
(also known as Fischer random chess), a popular chess variant in which the positions of pieces on the players' home ranks are randomized with certain constraints...
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several tournaments: a Leagues Season, a Cup, a Swiss tournament, a Fischer Random Chess tournament. Additionally, seasons contain various bonus contests...
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Magnus Carlsen (category Norwegian chess players)
Week in Chess 1208". The Week in Chess. Crowther, Mark (14 February 2018). "Fischer Random 2018 (Games and Results)". The Week in Chess. "PRO CHESS LEAGUE"...
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are also chess world championships in rapid, blitz, correspondence, problem solving, Fischer random chess, and computer chess. The game of chess in its...
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products. The variations from chess may be done to address a perceived issue with the standard game. For example, Fischer random chess, which randomises the starting...
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the final to win the inaugural Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge, the first major classical Fischer random chess tournament. Feb 18 – 8-year-old Ashwath...
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Hikaru Nakamura (redirect from Hikaru (chess))
American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy,...
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Castling (redirect from Castling (chess))
Practical Methods to Gain the Upper Hand in Chess. New In Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-473-8. "Fischer Random 2: Wesley So tries to castle illegally". chess24...
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open-source chess engine, available for various desktop and mobile platforms. It can be used in chess software through the Universal Chess Interface. Stockfish...
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Proposed by Pal Benko in 1978. Fischer Random Chess (or Chess960): The placement of the pieces on the first rank is randomized; although there are rules such...
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This list of top-ranked chess grandmasters is ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700 for men (players with a rating at or above this...
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Janggi (redirect from Korean chess)
sometimes called Korean chess, is a strategy board game popular on the Korean Peninsula. The game was derived from xiangqi (Chinese chess), and is very similar...
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Square-1 Arimaa Backgammon Checkers Chess Atomic chess Bughouse chess Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess) Losing chess Chinese checkers Diplomacy Dominoes...
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Bughouse chess (also known as exchange chess, Siamese chess (but not to be confused with Thai chess), tandem chess, transfer chess, double bughouse, doubles...
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recommended by Gene Milener in Play Stronger Chess by Examining Chess 960: Usable Strategies for Fischer Random Chess Discovered. Figurine concise reversible...
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Ian Nepomniachtchi (category Chess Grandmasters)
Ordix Open. In October 2022, he won a silver medal in FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022. In December 2019, he qualified for the Candidates...
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Tzu chess – combination of Double Fischer Random Chess (like Chess960, but with different positions for White and Black), crazyhouse and dark chess. Pieces...
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Kriegspiel is a chess variant invented by Henry Michael Temple in 1899 and based upon the original Kriegsspiel (German for war game) developed by Georg...
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The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion...
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far the greatest reduction of draws among the options tested, and Fischer random chess (which obviates preparation by randomising the starting array) has...
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supported, two of the most-played variants are probably Fischer Random Chess and Grand Chess. ChessV is capable of playing: 2 variants on 6×6 squares 17...
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Three-dimensional chess (or 3‑D chess) is any chess variant that replaces the two-dimensional board with a three-dimensional array of cells between which...
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