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	Chess960 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Chess960, also called Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant created by Grandmaster Bobby Fischer (who was world chess champion from 1972 until 1975).
		Chess960 and some new variants based on the extended 10x8 Capablanca piece set.
		John Kipling Lewis's "Castling in Chess960: An appeal for simplicity" proposes the same rules for the initial position as Fischer Random Chess, but proposes an alternative set of castling rules.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fischer_Random_Chess (6750 words)

	FISCHERANDOM CHESS: Random Position Generator
		I played just once chess960, but I had the same reflexion as you, it's a copy/paste of the rules of chess1, it was making sense with the original disposition of the pieces, but in much case of chess960, it probably looks like an "unnatural" move.
		You stated earlier that "Chess960 presents fascinating new dilemmas, and thus provokes fascinating new strategies." And yet, it seems to me that using the old castling rule will simply cause many games to become unnecessarily similar to chess1, with the king and rook in the familiar castled positions that players are (too) familiar with.
		For chess960 to be a proper and convincing generalization of chess, the rules must be intuitive and simple.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/fischerandom (2576 words)

	Castling in Chess 960
		The intention of this article is to promote the idea that the castling rules as originally presented by Bobby Fischer for Chess960 are flawed from a game design standpoint and that changing these rules would benefit the advancement and acceptance of Chess960 by both the Standard Chess and non-chess playing communities.
		Having said that, the stated goal of both Chess960 and Chess480 is to open the game of Chess from it's years of studied opening play.
		Chess960 was intended to remove the advantage that is enjoyed by those very masters who have studied endless openings.
	www.chessvariants.org /diffsetup.dir/castling_960.html (2103 words)

	Unorthodox chess from an odd mind (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The rules of Chess960 are mostly the same as orthodox chess -- but the setup incorporates something once considered anathema to the game: chance.
		The point of Chess960 is to free chess from the yoke of memorization.
		The opening phase of a chess game as currently played has been subject to a hundred years of scholarship and play, and today players are hard pressed to find so much as a viable pawn push within the first 20 moves that hasn't been thoroughly analyzed.
	www.mirabilis.ca /archives/003106.html (189 words)

	Chess Classic Mainz 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		After 11 exhausting rounds in the Chess960 Open, the players took the opportunity to watch the first three rounds in "The Duel of the World Champions" and "The Duel of the Graces".
		In Chess960 the castling rule is somewhat modified and broadened to allow for the possibility of each player castling either on or into his left side or on or into his right side of the board from all 960 starting positions.
		They do not play that much anymore, but Chess960 is a chess variant in which their creativity and experience is more important than a new move in the Najdorf.
	www.chesstigers.org /alte_daten/chesstigers_alt/ChessClassic/ChessClassic2002e (2629 words)

	Another new world body
		Chess960 was earlier called Fischerandom Chess with the rules being identical to chess but the start position of the pieces on the lower deck being shuffled in a random manner decided by the computer.
		Later, Grischuk said he hated playing Chess960 and it hurt him more since it was invented by his favourite player Bobby Fischer.
		"Chess960 is not a rival to chess or FIDE, it is for people who leave chess at 25 or 30 for the sake of their careers and return when they retire from their jobs.
	www.tssonnet.com /tss2636/stories/20030906005106900.htm (1361 words)

	CLP Chess960 - Fischer Random Chess book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Bobby Fischer proposed chess960 to reverse growing problems in chess1 concerning repetitious openings and draws.
		An even greater benefit of chess960 is the wonderful variety we can now see chess1 has been hiding from us all these decades.
		It is time to examine chess960 in depth to discover the strategies, tactics, and variety it adds to chess in general.
	www.castlelong.com /book/pscbyec960/welcome.shtml (346 words)

	RedHotPawn.com - Debates : chess960(Fischer Random Chess)
		I was wondering what chess players here thought of Fischer Random Chess?(It is also called chess960, because there are 960 different starting positions.) For those of you who are not familiar with it, it is the same rules as classical chess except the back rank is shuffled.
		Chess960 would free up chess study time that was spent on opening preparation to more edifying and stimulating aspects of the game like beautiful tactics or attacking techniques(not to mention other middle game principles.) I know people who never get better because they spend all of their time studying openings.
		There are already Chess960 tournaments in Germany attracting as many as 80 GMs playing in them.
	www.redhotpawn.com /board/showthread.php?threadid=19231 (1411 words)

	PRADE: Chess960
		Introduced in 1996, Fischer Random Chess (aka Chess960) is gaining popularity among the grandmasters of the world and might soon become the standard format for testing the skill of the world's best players.
		Well, the computer programmers are also taking notice - with the Chess960 Computer World Championship set to take place in Mainz, Germany in August.
		With Chess960, programmers will no longer be able to rely on pulling data from expansive tables of the opening scenarios featured in chess books.
	prade.blogspot.com /2005/07/chess960.html (506 words)

	chess-960.org Datenbank - chess-960.org database
		In Chess960, just before the start of every game, the initial configuration of the chess pieces is determined randomly, that means that the king, the queen, the rook, the bishop and the knight are not necessarily placed on the same home squares as in classical chess.
		Since a few years there are World Championsships taking place in "Chess Classic Mainz" event in August every year.
		In this project we try to combine Chess960 and the idea of distributed computing.
	www.chess-960.org /chess960athome/projectidea_english.php (279 words)

	Wired News: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Then, in 2001, German aficionados began organizing Chess960 exhibition matches and open tournaments as part of the Chess Classic Mainz -- an annual chess festival held outside Frankfurt that draws players from throughout Europe.
		Participants in the first Chess960 Computer World Championship are coming from Holland, Greece, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany and even the United States, says organizer Vogelgesang.
		Though Chess960 is growing in popularity, it's not the first chess variant to be proposed by a celebrity player, and seems unlikely to displace orthodox chess.
	www.wirednews.com /news/culture/1,68227-0.html (1388 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Our project objective is to create an intelligent system that plays the game of Chess960, a Chess variant created by Bobby Fischer in which the first rank pieces are placed randomly, the only stipulations being that the King is surrounded by the rooks and the bishops are on different colors; fl mirrors white's placement.
		This system will be implemented using the minimax algorithm with further modifications both based on existing Chess engines, notably The Genius, and of our own design, with an emphasis on learning.
		Shredder was first released in 1993 and has since won 10 awards worldwide and was the first engine to play in the Chess960 tournament in Mainz.
	www.csc.calpoly.edu /~team13fk/F05/Milestone-Week-2.html (727 words)

	English Meko: Chess Classic Mainz 2004 (2)
		Ponomariov, who at the age of 18 was the youngest world champion of all times, did not bow to the demands of FIDE and also refused to play in Tripoli, where FIDE and Libyan strongman Moammar Al Ghaddafi join forces to organize the next world championship.
		For Ponomariov, Chess960 is at the same time a challenge and a welcome break form all the recent turmoil.
		Due to his exceptional talent, the all-round player who lost to Anand in the CCM main event in 2002 after an all-out fight has to be considered the favourite to win the event.
	www.rochadekuppenheim.de /meko/meko4/champion.htm (1192 words)

	Chess.GR :: Mainz 2005
		The FiNet Open in Chess960 (11-12 August), in which the starting positions of the pieces will be known only a few minutes before the start of the game, is the only one of this sort worldwide on this level.
		In Chess960 the advantage for players who do a lot of homework on openings is reduced to a minimum.
		At the same time the FiNet Chess960 world championship match will be played between Zoltan Almasi and Peter Svidler and the Russian expects a tight match.
	www.chess.gr /tourn/2005/Mainz05/Mainz05.html (1723 words)

	Pakistan Chess Player (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Since it is the first Chess960 match between a GM and a strong computer computer chess program, it is impossible to predict the outcome of the match.
		The Arena interface and the available Chess960 engines show that it is possible for chess programmers to implement the specific castling rules without too much difficulties.
		Pohl found a solution: he uses the 15 Chess960 positions in which the king and rooks are placed on their usual squares and only the queens, bishops and knights are shuffled.
	pkchess.bizland.com /temp-04/pijl.html (1938 words)

	chessvariants.org -- Comment Listing
		SMIRF will then randomly select positions from Chess960, but only those, where the white king is right sided to the queen.
		The term 'Chess960' was invent by Hans-Walter Schmitt (chairman of the Frankfurt Chess Tigers e.V.) after debate over a new name that did not include Bobby Fischer's name.
		Because there is no standard numbering system for Fischer Random Chess (Chess960), it would be hard for me to make a rule to explain which are duplicates due to being mirrors.
	www.chessvariants.com /index/listcomments.php?itemid=MSchess480 (693 words)

	[No title]
		The world championship candidate in classical chess, who will meet Kramnik in their world championship final in May or June, in 2001 already proved his talents in Chess960.
		Between 14 and 17 August he will meet a challenge from the winner of last year's strong open tournament which was dominated by 30 grandmasters amongst the first 32 places.
		Dozens of grandmasters and international masters are expected to participate in the rapid chess open which has the largest prize fund of all.
	members.lycos.co.uk /csarchive/mainz03p.htm (766 words)

	FullChess SMIRF / Chess project SMIRF - (FRC/Chess960 - Shuffle Chess) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		At the end of those big efforts finally the name 'Chess960' (chess nine sixty) had been created, even targeting to be called simply '960' sometimes (this name drives at the 960 different possible starting arrays).
		He regards the expression Chess960 to be selected slightly from optimal as far as the meaning of this name discloses itself first, when already knowing a lot about the FRC.
		That name therefore establishes a sort of barrier between the FRC and possibly new players, instead of building a bridge aiming to acquire potentially interested.
	www.chessbox.de /Compu/fullchess1c_e.html (402 words)

	GrandMaster Square >>> Interview with GM Svidler
		I normally prefer not to talk too much about my private life, but I must say, that fatherhood is absolutely fantastic and I love every minute of it (when I’m at home, of course – which the first six months of this year was not very often).
		After winning the Chess960 tournament in Mainz last year you started your comeback and eventually came back into the top ten.
		So far I haven’t played enough Chess960 to draw any definite conclusions, but it can certainly help develop intuition and tactical alertness, since you can’t rely on knowledge any more and have to improvise in every game.
	www.gmsquare.com /interviews/Svidler.html (957 words)

	Chess Tigers Homepage
		After the first day the local heroes from Mainz and Wiesbaden scored four points, and today they could add another 1,5 points which was enough to win the first price.
		We speak to Anastasios Mikilas, author of the chess engine AICE and participant in the Chess960 Computer World Championship and receive some surprising answers.
		- In December 2004, when we came out with the announcement of the first Computer World Championship in Chess960, we were not sure how the community of chess programmers would react to it” recalls Eric van Reem.
	www.chesstigers.de /ccm5_index.php?lang=1&kat=6 (448 words)

	1. Chess960 Open 2002
		In the first round of the Chess960 Open there were hardly any surpises.
		It is quite unusual to think from move one on, because you have to play basic chess.
		Vallejo Pons, who scored 4,5 points on the first day, would not mind if more Chess960 tournaments would be organised: “ I like playing Chess960 a lot, I just have to sit down and play without having to remind numerous difficult opening variations.”;
	www.frankfurtwest.de /ChessClassic/cc03/e/c960/chess960home.htm (1367 words)

	Wired News: Chess vs. Chess960: A PC's View (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		That can't happen with Chess960, which lets a chess program skip the part where it's acting as little more than a database engine.
		Adapting his program to play Chess960 was a relatively simple matter, Meyer-Kahlen said, but other programmers have discovered some unexpected twists in the process.
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	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,68243,00.html?tw=rss.CUL (688 words)

	Chess960, a more random form of chess invented by Bobby Fischer, is growing in popularity (kottke.org) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Chess960, a more random form of chess invented by Bobby Fischer, is growing in popularity (kottke.org)
		Chess960, a more random form of chess invented by Bobby Fischer, is growing in popularity.
		All content by Jason Kottke (contact me) unless otherwise noted, with some restrictions on its use.
	www.kottke.org /remainder/05/07/8955.html (69 words)

	Association of Chess Professionals \| ACP News
		"We do organize the Chess960 World Championship here!" the 52-year-old emphasizes and refers to the Chess960 match, in which the starting position of the figures is drawn before the game begins.
		Aronian likes the fact, that opening theory is dropped in Chess960, because he regards himself as "too lazy" to work hard on his opening repertoire.
		The distribution of single prizes for both tournaments is based on the relative number of participants of the two tournaments.
	www.chess-players.org /eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=172 (1028 words)

	Exactachess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		I suppose that it could encompass Chess960 and CRC.
		Well, it is very open, in which direction chess programming will develop.
		I think that Chess960 (for humans) and 10x8 CRC (for engines) will be an interesting challenge for long.
	www.playwitharena.co.uk /modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=88 (697 words)

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