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| Sep-02-17 | | cro777: The fastest queen trap.
"W.O.W. Vachier_Lagrave resigns on MOVE 5 in the 960 game!" (Chess.com) Jeffery Xiong – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
(Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017. Blitz 5m+2s)
click for larger view1. c4 b6 2. d4 Qa6 3. b3 Qxa2 4. Na3 d5 5. e3
click for larger view Here Vachier-Lagrave resigned. His queen will be trapped by Re2! The a2-pawn was poisoned. |
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| Sep-02-17 | | cro777: Queen in a cage in his own territory.
In a nail-biting speed chess duel Wesley So knocked out Giri 15.5-14.5. After 29 games played, the players were still even (14.5-14.5). The very last chess960 bullet game had to bring the decision. Anish Giri – Wesley So
(Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017. Bullet 1m+2s) 
click for larger viewOne of the problems in this starting position is how to develop the corner queen. In this bullet game Giri failed to find the correct solution (9.Qh2?! and 10.Qg3?!). 1. c4 g6 2. d3 c6 3. Bc3 Be5 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. Rxc3 Nc7 6. h4 Nf6 7. Nb3 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Qh2?! (9. e4) Ng4 10. Qg3?! (10. Qf4) f5 11. e3 e5 12. d4 f4 13. exf4 exf4 14. Qh3 Ne3
click for larger view 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. fxe3 fxe3 17. Rxe3 Rce8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bd3 Ne6 20. d5 Nf4 21. dxc6+ bxc6 22. Bb1 Qxb2 23. Nfd2 Rf8 24. Kh2 Ne6 25. Re1 Rf2 0-1 https://www.chess.com/news/view/so-... The tournament continues on October 5th with the match Carlsen – Guseinov. The winner (most probably Carlsen) will be Wesley So's next opponent. |
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| Sep-02-17 | | cro777: In chess960 castling too early can be devastating. The reason is that the opponent could start an all out attack. This is what exactly happened in the following game. Wesley So was showing his cards too early by castling already on the second move and Giri quickly got a devastating attack. Wesley So – Anish Giri
(Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2017. Blitz 3m+2s) 
click for larger view1. b3 b6 2. O-O c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne3 h5 6. Nd5 e6 7. Ne3 g5 8. h4 g4 9. Ng5 Nd4 10. Rfe1 Qh6 11. Nc2 Nxc2 12. Bxc2 Ke7 13. Rcd1 Rxg5! 14. hxg5 Qxg5 15. d4
click for larger view 15…g3 16. Qh3 gxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 Bh2+ 19. Kf1 Qf4+ 0-1 |
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| Sep-03-17 | | morfishine: Hey <Arconax> This could be the dumbest post of the year:...<The way we play chess today is not so different from how they played in the 17th century. And the rules have been almost exactly the same since the early 1800s> And now you finish with this contradictory gem of a comment: <FischerRandom is not chess>Not only are your thoughts self-contradictory, you are wrong in the most basest manner: FischerRandom or Chess960 is "Chess" Just like all the different formats that came before You said it yourself
Have a nice day
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| Sep-04-17 | | Arconax: <Morfishine> Right or wrong, I was just stating my opinion. As I see it, FischerRandom isn't real chess. It's something else. Botvinnik famously stated that Blitz isn't chess. Most players would disagree, but even today there are those who don't view Blitz as "real chess". The same goes for FischerRandom: you say that it's chess, I respectfully disagree, okay? And a nice day to you too. |
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| Sep-04-17 | | morfishine: <Arconax> Fischer-Random or Chess960 is another variant of chess. There have been numerous changes in the game of "chess" over the centuries. So, to say Chess960 "isn't chess" is inaccurate because it never has been defined exactly what chess is. Terms like "classical" chess ring hollow. The rules have changed over time, so whats the real basis? Chess960 is just another variant of "chess"; so its inaccurate to state it isn't "chess" "Chess" has never been defined as a fixed element. Ever
It has always changed over time
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| Oct-18-17 | | cro777: A Chess960 match between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura will take place in February 2018 in Baerum, Norway. |
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Oct-18-17
 | | Joshka: <cro777> Long meaningful match? Or the wimpy/time wasting 3/4 game matches? |
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| Oct-18-17 | | cro777: <Joshka> The organizers are planning a meaningful match likely to go over five, six days. A total budget of the match is 3 million Norwegian Krone (about 380000 US dollars). https://www.budstikka.no/sport/kult... |
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| Dec-05-17 | | zanzibar: The proposed Carlsen--Nakamura (Feb 2018/960) match: https://en.chessbase.com/post/chess... (en) |
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| Dec-05-17 | | zanzibar: Here's a fairly recent Naka win over Carlsen in 960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ur...
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| Jan-04-18 | | cro777: The first Chess.com Chess960 Championship was held on January 4. It was a nine-round Swiss, for titled players only, with a time control of four minutes plus two seconds increment per move. The winner was Maxime Vachier Lagrave. |
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| Jan-19-18 | | cro777: The Unofficial World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura in Fischer Random Chess will be held from 9-13 February in Bærum, Norway. http://www.frchess.com/ |
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| Jan-25-18 | | cro777: Nakamura is the "reigning champion" from the last unofficial championship, which was held in 2009. Carlsen has little experience, and lost the blitz game in the discipline when they met on January 3 this year. http://www.frchess.com/2018/01/25/a... |
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Jan-25-18
| | Joshka: The Match in February between the World Champ and Naka is just blitz?? |
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| Feb-08-18 | | cro777: The match will include a total of 16 games.
The first eight games are played like slow rapid chess with 45 minutes for the first 40 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, no increment. The last eight games are played as fast rapid chess with 10 minutes and 5 seconds incremental for each move. |
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| Feb-08-18 | | morfishine: I can hardly wait for this match! Chess960 is thrilling to play and bound to be exciting to watch top-rated players |
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| Feb-08-18 | | cro777: Each second game will be played from a different starting position, chosen from the 959 possible positions (the regular starting position won't be used!). This means that each player gets to play eight different positions with both colours. In case of an equal score after 16 games, one more decisive Armageddon blitz game will be played. Even if a winner has been established earlier, all 16 games will be played. |
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| Feb-08-18 | | beenthere240: I understand a book is coming out next year describing opening variations for all of the 959 less-analyzed positions. Apparently it's a fairly long book. One of the challenges is coming up with new names for all of the openings. |
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| Feb-08-18 | | beenthere240: On a less frivolous note, I suggest that the positions in the upcoming C-N match be limited to 958 (vs 959). A mirror position in which the starting squares of the K and Q are simply swapped would be very easy to play using conventional openings, e.g. 1. d4 f5 is identical to a Sicilian. |
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| Feb-08-18 | | nok: All 960 should be possible, if only for giggles when the good ol' one comes out. |
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| Feb-10-18 | | Marmot PFL: It seems that top level games in 960 are just as likely to draw as in standard chess. So far Nakamura has had the worst of the play but his skill in holding inferior endgames has kept him alive. |
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| Feb-10-18 | | Marmot PFL: Once again fortune it seems has favored the WC. |
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| Feb-10-18 | | savagerules: Has anyone tried a tournament with each side random so there is no symmetrical position at the start like in Fischerandom chess. This would result in probably millions of different starting positions instead of the 960 with this. I guess each side would have to switch sides and play two games since there is bound to be many openings where one side has the advantage at the start. Checkers has 3 move openings where some of the openings are banned because there's too much advantage for one side at the start, I guess double random would be something like this but it would be much more fun to watch assymetrical games. |
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| Feb-10-18 | | Marmot PFL: Carlsen's win today was almost identical to the finish of this game. Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007 |
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