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Chess variant with randomized starting position
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting
Chess960
Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1982)
Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012. He was also world champion in Chess960 in 2006 and 2007 and in blitz chess in 2010. Aronian has been the leading
Levon_Aronian
Chess variant tournament
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
World_Chess960_Championship
Game related to chess
have reached modest levels of popularity, with the most successful being Chess960. Several well known modern chess masters like Capablanca, Fischer, and
Chess_variant
Rules of play for the game of chess
variations of the rules for fast chess, correspondence chess, online chess, and Chess960. Besides the basic moves of the pieces, rules also govern the equipment
Rules_of_chess
Naming a Fischer Random board using numbers
The game Chess960 (also called Fischer random chess), played with conventional chess pieces and rules, starts with a random selection of one of 960 positions
Chess960_numbering_scheme
Fischer random chess tournament
classical Chess960 tournament that took place at Gut Weißenhaus in Wangels, Germany from February 9–16, 2024. It was the first major Chess960 tournament
Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge
Freestyle_Chess_G.O.A.T._Challenge
Traditional board game for two players
include modern variations employing different rules (e.g. losing chess and Chess960), different armies (e.g. Dunsany's chess), non-standard pieces (e.g. Capablanca
Chess
Chess960 series of tournaments
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour was a series of Chess960 tournaments in 2025 organized by Freestyle Chess Operations. It consisted of five "Grand Slam"
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
Freestyle_Chess_Grand_Slam_Tour
Notation for describing a chess game position
KQkq - 1 2 FEN is crucial for recording games in chess variants such as Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess), where the initial position is not
Forsyth–Edwards_Notation
Chess960 world championship
FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 was the third official World Chess960 Championship, organized by FIDE and Freestyle Chess Operations. The competition
FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026
FIDE_Freestyle_Chess_World_Championship_2026
Fourth leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
The Las Vegas Freestyle Chess Grand Slam was a Chess960 tournament that took place in Las Vegas, United States from 16 July to 20 July 2025. It was the
Las Vegas Freestyle Chess Grand Slam
Las_Vegas_Freestyle_Chess_Grand_Slam
American-Filipino chess grandmaster (born 1993)
fifth-highest-rated player in history. In 2019, So said his favorite form of chess is chess960 (also known as Fischer random chess). Later that year, So became the inaugural
Wesley_So
Third leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
The Grenke Freestyle Chess Open is an annual open Chess960 tournament. It is held in Karlsruhe, Germany, concurrently with the Grenke Chess Open as part
Grenke_Freestyle_Chess_Open
American chess grandmaster and streamer (born 1987)
the Corsican circuit rapid chess tournament. Nakamura won the 2008 Finet Chess960 Open in Mainz, Germany. In November 2008, he won the Cap d'Agde Rapid Tournament
Hikaru_Nakamura
Chess tournament series (1994–2010)
other things, the world champions in rapid chess and Chess960 (also in rapid) and the computer Chess960 world champion were determined at this event. The
Chess_Classic
Norwegian chess grandmaster (born 1990)
Preliminary Rapid round-robin Chess960 Rapid 2 2 3 3.5/7 5th Main event (knockout stage): classical Chess960 games Chess960 Classical Rapid tie-breaks 3
Magnus_Carlsen
Second leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
The Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam was a Chess960 tournament that took place in Paris, France from 7 April to 14 April 2025. It was the second leg of
Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam
Paris_Freestyle_Chess_Grand_Slam
American chess grandmaster (1943–2008)
tournament and match play. He also invented Fischer random chess, also known as Chess960, a chess variant in which the initial positions of the pieces are randomized
Bobby_Fischer
Russian-Slovenian chess grandmaster (born 1995)
chess grandmaster playing for Slovenia. He won the European Rapid and Chess960 championships in 2024. He competed in the Chess World Cup in 2015, 2017
Vladimir_Fedoseev
Methods for describing chess moves and/or positions
algebraic notation with non-Staunton figurines, used by Gene Milener during Chess960 tournaments. Smith notation or Coordinate notation specifies the source
Chess_notation
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1963)
charities to promote chess in Africa. In 2020, he participated in 9LX, a Chess960 tournament, and finished eighth of a field of ten players. His game against
Garry_Kasparov
Yes multivariation, uci_elo No Chess960 No Chessbase Fritz Yes Yes uci_elo for analysis but no timed games Yes Chess960 No Chessmaster The King Yes No
Comparison of chess video games
Comparison_of_chess_video_games
Chess variant invented in 1978 by Maxwell Lawrence
as pre-chess, is a chess variant invented in 1978 by Maxwell Lawrence. Chess960 (Fischer random chess) is similar but has fewer starting positions. In
Transcendental_chess
Championship after defeating Fabiano Caruana in the final, securing his maiden Chess960 title and twenty-first world title of his career. Mar 1 – Mikhail Antipov
2026_in_chess
German computer chess programmer
Champion; four of these titles were blitz championships, and one was a Chess960 championship. He also invented the Universal Chess Interface, a chess engine
Stefan_Meyer-Kahlen
Fischer for the variation of chess he invented. See Chess960. Fischer Random Chess See Chess960. fish [derogatory slang] A weak or easily defeated player
Glossary_of_chess
Competition to determine the World Chess Champion
Chess Problems: World Chess Solving Championship Chess variants: World Chess960 Championship (Fischer random chess) Chess portal World portal Comparison
World_Chess_Championship
Open-source online chess platform
website supports the following chess variants: Antichess Atomic chess Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess) Crazyhouse Horde (a variant of Dunsany's chess)
Lichess
Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1984)
won the event on tie-break. In the same year he won the first Armenian Chess960 Championship, tied for 2nd–4th with Abhijeet Gupta and Magesh Panchanathan
Tigran_L._Petrosian
Free and open-source chess engine
heuristics. Stockfish represents positions using bitboards. Stockfish supports Chess960, a feature it inherited from Glaurung. Support for Syzygy tablebases, previously
Stockfish_(chess)
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1976)
Moscow (rapid) Grand Prix, tied for second at the Ordix Open, won the Chess960 section and won a two-game handicap match against Junior 7 and Eckhard
Peter_Svidler
Online simulated operating system
inside the current instance Hampster: Displays GIFs of hampsters with music Chess960: A chess implementation Diapason: Simulates various instruments I know
Windows_93
First leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
The Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam was a 10-player Chess960 tournament that took place in Wangels, Germany from 7 February to 14 February 2025
Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam
Weissenhaus_Freestyle_Chess_Grand_Slam
com. Retrieved 2020-03-28. "Chess960@home — News archive". Chess960@home. Retrieved 2012-01-29. "Chess960@home". Chess960@home. 2012. Archived from the
List of volunteer computing projects
List_of_volunteer_computing_projects
2022 world championship of a variation of chess
second official world championship in Fischer Random Chess (also known as Chess960). The competition followed a similar format to the first championship in
FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022
FIDE_World_Fischer_Random_Chess_Championship_2022
American chess grandmaster (born 2003)
points. Shortly before the tournament, Niemann played in a four-player Chess960 Diving chess tournament. He defeated Fabiano Caruana in the final, becoming
Hans_Niemann
Vietnamese chess player (born 2009)
2025, he finished in second place at the Biel Chess Festival Swiss Rapid Chess960 Championship with a score of 6/7. He played in the Chess World Cup 2025
Bành_Gia_Huy
Notation for describing a chess game position
O-O * "X-FEN". Gambiter. 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2024. X-FEN Specification[permanent dead link] Scharnagl's Chess960 website, with X-FEN examples
X-FEN
Indian chess grandmaster (born 1986)
though he bounced back with victory at Marx Gyorgy Memorial then won the Chess960 Junior Chess Championship winning the last four games against Arkadij Naiditsch
Pentala_Harikrishna
Chess variant using two new chessmen
chess applies the concept of Chess960 / Fischerandom to Capablanca chess. The starting setup is arranged as per Chess960 rules, but also includes the
Capablanca_chess
Russian-Swiss chess grandmaster (born 1984)
the Russian Women's Championship. In August 2006, she became the first Chess960 women's world champion after beating Germany's top female player Elisabeth
Alexandra_Kosteniuk
Computer format for recording chess games
Notation is used to record the starting position for variants (such as Chess960) which have initial positions other than the orthodox chess initial position
Portable_Game_Notation
Indian chess grandmaster (born 1969)
Levon Aronian. Just a few days before, Aronian had defeated Anand in the Chess960 final. In March 2007, Anand won the Linares chess tournament and it was
Viswanathan_Anand
Czech chess grandmaster (born 1985)
Nigel Short Navara 7–3 Ten games of rapid chess of which four games were Chess960. 2008 Vladimir Kramnik Kramnik 2½–5½ Rapid chess 2009 Vasyl Ivanchuk Ivanchuk
David_Navara
Internet chess server
the chess variants of crazyhouse, three-check chess, king of the hill, chess960, atomic and bughouse. In June 2017, the 2,147,483,647th (231-1) game was
Chess.com
Mak-yek Shatar Shatra (game) Shatranj Chess Atomic chess Bughouse chess Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess) Fast chess Losing chess More than
List_of_sports
Tabletop social game
the general chess concept. Traditional: Shogi; Xiangqi; Janggi Modern: Chess960; Grand Chess; Hexagonal chess; Alice Chess [citation needed] City building
Board_game
Annual blitz chess tournaments
games with a 1-second increment. The first game of each segment was a Chess960 game. The final, held on October 27, was Carlsen's last public tournament
Speed_Chess_Championship
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Chess_at_the_Olympic_Games
Annual chess tournament
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Asian Senior Chess Championship
Asian_Senior_Chess_Championship
2014 video game
When designing Chess 2, Sirlin took inspiration from Bobby Fischer's Chess960 variant. Like Fischer, his goals were to create a more dynamic opening
Chess_2:_The_Sequel
German chess grandmaster (born 2004)
was born in Mainz, Germany, a city that has hosted rapid tournaments and Chess960 tournaments for many years. He was born into a musical family—his father
Vincent_Keymer
Swiss chess tournament (1968-pres.)
second classical round-robin. In case of a tie, the ranking in the ACCENTUS Chess960 decides upon the final ranking of the Triathlon and the corresponding prizes
Biel_Chess_Festival
South African chess player (born 2008)
December 2025, Karsten beat world champion Magnus Carlsen in a simultaneous Chess960 exhibition, and in March 2026, Karsten won the South African Chess Championship
Jan_Karsten
American chess venue in Missouri
with an average rating of 2802. The STLCC holds yearly tournaments in chess960 that they trademark as Chess 9LX. On September 19, 2022, all Club operations
Saint_Louis_Chess_Club
creativity and to speed up the game. Fischer Random Chess (also known as Chess960 and more recently as Freestyle Chess): The placement of the pieces on the
List_of_chess_variants
Chinese chess grandmaster (born 1994)
event showcased a different chess variant each day: Basque Chess, Rapid Chess960, Rapid Chess and Blitz Chess with each game played counting for 1 point
Hou_Yifan
Esports competition
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Olympic_Esports_Series
Chess move
Knightmate. Some variants, however, have different rules; for example, in Chess960, the king may move as many as six squares and as few as zero squares when
Castling
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)
Gukesh participated in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, a series of Chess960 tournaments. In February, he finished in eighth place in the first leg
Gukesh_Dommaraju
Deep neural network-based chess engine
"Getting Started". lczero.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20. "Selfplay outputs chess960 "capture rook" moves". github.com. 2019-11-18. Retrieved 2024-07-20. "Transformer
Leela_Chess_Zero
French chess grandmaster (born 1983)
first round of matches, losing 3½–½ to Gata Kamsky. Won the 2006 FiNet Chess960 Open with a 9½/11 score. Won the 2008 French Championship. Won the 2009
Étienne_Bacrot
German entrepreneur (born 1964)
deprecated archival service (link) "Carlsen, Buettner Unveil Extravagant Chess960 Grand Slam Tour Across 5 Continents". Chess.com. 2024-03-16. "Über verpasste
Jan_Henric_Buettner
Chess rule requiring a player to move or capture a piece deliberately touched
illegal move to move the king had only been changed a few years earlier. The Chess960 variant (also known as Fischer Random Chess) has custom castling rules
Touch-move_rule
Biennial international chess tournament
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Chess_Olympiad
Annual chess tournament
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
World Senior Chess Championship
World_Senior_Chess_Championship
Chess tournament
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
World Blitz Chess Championship
World_Blitz_Chess_Championship
English chess grandmaster (born 1965)
caught out". Telegraph.co.uk. 16 September 2001. Retrieved 8 April 2016. "Chess960 (FRC): Fischer and 'Wild Variant 22'". 21 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April
Nigel_Short
Mobile video game by Zach Gage
without having to study openings". Rules of chess List of chess variants Chess960 "Really Bad Chess". Google Play. Noodlecake Studios Inc. 18 May 2017. Archived
Really_Bad_Chess
Chess variant
chess. Sun Tzu chess – combination of Double Fischer Random Chess (like Chess960, but with different positions for White and Black), crazyhouse and dark
Dark_chess
Annual chess tournament in Germany
withdrew from that event due to personal reasons. The 2025 Freestyle (Chess960) open tournament (section A) was won by Magnus Carlsen with a perfect score
Grenke_Chess_Festival
Advantage of White over Black in chess
options tested, and Fischer random chess (known today more extensively as Chess960), which obviates preparation by randomising the starting array, has obtained
First-move_advantage_in_chess
Natural number
Greece The number of possible starting positions for the chess variant Chess960 961 = 312, the largest 3-digit perfect square, sum of three consecutive
900_(number)
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1964)
of a shift from traditional chess to Fischer Random Chess (also called Chess960). He also discussed his views on several events in Russian politics. In
Valery_Salov
Computer hardware and software capable of playing chess
engines even in fully unknown situations (as comes up in variants such as Chess960) is still exceptionally strong, so the lack of an opening book isn't even
Computer_chess
Volunteer-run Internet chess server
several chess variants, including suicide, loser's, atomic, wild (including chess960), bughouse, and crazyhouse. It became known for the popularity of its variants
Free_Internet_Chess_Server
UCI chess engine
version for high-end users with powerful hardware (multi-core support). Chess960 support. Strength limit feature. Position learning. Save hash to file,
Houdini_(chess)
Armenian chess grandmaster (born 1989)
second game of the final. In January 2012 he came second in the Armenian Chess960 Championship. In December 2012 he shared first with Alexander Kovchan and
Zaven_Andriasian
Variant of chess
sometimes called the long assize to distinguish. Sittuyin (Burmese traditional chess) Chess960 H. J. R. Murray (1913). A History of Chess. ISBN 0-936317-01-9.
Short_assize
International chess tournament
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Baltic_Chess_Championship
Competitive chess in the US state
at Caesars Palace in the Vegas Strip. In July 2025, the 4th leg of the Chess960 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour took place in Vegas. In February 1996,
Chess_in_Nevada
chess, Hexagonal Chess, Chess with different armies, and Bobby Fischer's Chess960. In Japan, Go and Shogi became the major board games played at a professional
History_of_games
Continental chess tournament
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
American Continental Championship
American_Continental_Championship
Chess tournament in Asia
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Asian Individual Chess Championship
Asian_Individual_Chess_Championship
Women's chess competition
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Women's World Chess Championship
Women's_World_Chess_Championship
International chess competition
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
African_Chess_Championship
Overview of and topical guide to chess
position is slightly altered to negate players' knowledge of openings. Chess960 – The starting position of pieces on the 1st and 8th ranks are random,
Outline_of_chess
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
South American Chess Championship
South_American_Chess_Championship
General game playing software
as 4D Tic-Tac-Toe, FreeCell, Rubik's Cube, Teeko, Mancala, Alice Chess, Chess960, Hexagonal chess, Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess and Sokoban. Besides
Zillions_of_Games
Computer chess competition
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
World Computer Chess Championship
World_Computer_Chess_Championship
ICCF correspondence server versions. Starting from 2011 ICCF organizes chess960 events. ICCF is closely co-operating with the leading world chess organization
International Correspondence Chess Federation
International_Correspondence_Chess_Federation
Chess engine
5th Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship 2009 at Mainz. The 4 programs Deep Sjeng, Shredder, Rybka and Ikarus (with the programmers).
Rybka
FIDE women's chess tournament for national teams
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Women's_Chess_Olympiad
2019 world championship of a variation of chess
world champion in standard chess and the unofficial world champion in Chess960, Magnus Carlsen. The schedule was as follows: Unlike the quarterfinals
FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019
FIDE_World_Fischer_Random_Chess_Championship_2019
Regional chess competitions
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Oceania_Chess_Championship
International chess competition
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Commonwealth Chess Championship
Commonwealth_Chess_Championship
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
European Senior Chess Championship
European_Senior_Chess_Championship
Chess competition
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
North American Youth Chess Championship
North_American_Youth_Chess_Championship
Annual national youth chess championship of India
Open Women Olympiad Women Olympics Olympic Esports Series Amateur Blitz Chess960 Composition Computer Speed Junior Rapid Senior Solving Team TCEC Youth
Indian Youth Chess Championship
Indian_Youth_Chess_Championship
CHESS960
CHESS960
CHESS960
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