Chess960

noun

Chess960

noun

/ˌt͡ʃɛsnaɪ̯nˈsɪksti/

Etymology 960 is the number of possible initial positions of Chess960.

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Board games, Chess, Games Synonym of Fischer random chess.

  • Before a Chess960 game a starting position is randomly set up, subject to certain rules.2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 28:
Derived terms
960

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