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Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position of the pieces on the back rank. It was introduced by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1996 to reduce the emphasis on opening preparation and to encourage creativity in play.
Logo of the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge. 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, Germany from February 9–16, 2024. It was the first major Fischer random chess tournament that used classical chess time controls. [1]
2009 World Chess960 champion Hikaru Nakamura at Mainz. The World Chess960 Championship is a match or tournament held to determine a world champion in Chess960 (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.
In July, he successfully defended his US Junior title, scoring 8½/9 at San Francisco. [69] In August, he scored 10/12 at the US Open Chess Championship in Cleveland, winning on tie-breaking points over Arthur Bisguier. [70] [71] This made Fischer the youngest ever US Open Champion. [72] [73] He won the New Jersey Open Championship, scoring 6½ ...
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Biyiasas won a number of tournaments in the San Francisco area while visiting and after moving there. [6] These included four titles in the Carroll Capps Memorial (1981, 1982, 1983, and 1985), [31] and four titles in the Arthur Stamer Memorial (1978, 1979, 1982, and 1984); the events were organized by the Mechanics Institute Chess Room. He also ...
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So's unbeaten performance was compared by some chess commentators to the dominant performances of Bobby Fischer in the 1960s, particularly Fischer's 11/11 performance in 1963/1964 [77] and his 9.5/11 performance in 1966. So's 9/11 score is the third-best score in the US National Championships history.