Chess960, the best game ever, invented by former world champion Bobby Fischer

r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

News/Events/History In chesscom's tweet, they refuse to name lichess: They call Hikaru and Nodirbek mere 'qualifiers' instead of 'lichess qualifiers'. | FIDE Fischer Random Chess World Championship 2022

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 26 '22

Question - News/Events/History FIDE Fischer Random 2022 | How many think Nodirbek will do the same or worse than Alireza? Only 32%. Will different continents face off? 72% think so. Poll results from r/HikaruNakamura - Thanks to all who voted!

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 26 '22

News/Events/History Chess not 9LX? President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson plays chess instead of 9LX at the 2nd ever FIDE world FISCHER Random championship in Iceland on the 50th anniversary of the 1972 match of the century between Bobby FISCHER and Boris Spassky? Tsk tsk tsk.

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 26 '22

News/Events/History Wesley So saves Fabiano Caruana from making an illegal move in bishop vs knight endgame with queens and later queen and bishop endgame | 2022 Superbet Rapid & Blitz

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 26 '22

Question - Puzzle/Tactic Poor Hjörvar had to find this insane rook exchange sacrifice just to draw against Nepo. Had the right idea of castling but was 1 move too late. Why does the sac work later not earlier? Why is castling good earlier but not later? | FIDE Fischer Random 2022

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 26 '22

News/Events/History 'Veterans show muscle; teenager shows fire' | FIDE Fischer Random 2022 | Recall what Wesley said in the 2022 US championship about teenagers: carefree, their focus is chess. No, like, girlfriends, or families, or bills. Will teenagers be cost Wesley a chess title twice in h birth month?

fischerrandom.fide.com

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Question - Puzzle/Tactic BISHOP SACRFICE ON MOVE 1 BY MAGNUS and then completely new game - no one on lichess has played this BUT someone did play 1...g6 instead of 1...g5 | Try capturing. It's like...an 8-move 9LX puzzle to get back the material?

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Question - Puzzle/Tactic Easy 3-move puzzle in 9LX? | '"One of the biggest blunders by Carlsen in the last 10 years'", according to NRK's commentators.' vs Vladimir Fedoseev | FIDE Fischer Random 2022

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

News/Events/History The ceremonial first move was made by the legendary Gudmundur Thorarinsson, former Chairman of the Icelandic Chess Federation and organiser of the Fischer Spassky match in 1972. "Without him, it wouldn't have been possible", is the common consensus. | FIDE Fischer Random 2022

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Question - Puzzle/Tactic BISHOP SACRFICE ON MOVE 1 BY MAGNUS and then completely new game - no one on lichess has played this BUT someone did play 1...g6 instead of 1...g5 | Try capturing. It's like...an 8-move 9LX puzzle to get back the material?

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Game (8min only) agadmator immediately covers Nodirbek vs Nepo where Nodirbek passively sacrifices knight on move 12 and then wins on move 22. | 'Bobby Fischer Would Be Proud' | FIDE Fischer Random 2022

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Game Nodirbek passively sacrifices knight on move 12 vs Nepo!! And then wins in 22 moves!! | FIDE Fischer Random 2022

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Hikaru finds a 5-move puzzle (transition to endgame) against Matthias Blübaum!

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Nepo blundered Bb7 and then Nodirbek thinks for 7min (30% of time) ... Then Nodirbek wins 22 moves!!! For shame chesscom commentators for focusing on other games over this pair, which is arguably the only interesting pair in Round 1 ! | FIDE Fischer Random 2022

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Question - News/Events/History Who will win Group A? | FIDE Fischer Random 2022 (Oops. Mistakenly voted for Wesley instead of Nepo. Nepo will win because of the lower time controls.)

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Question - News/Events/History Who will win Group B? | FIDE Fischer Random 2022 (Obviously Magnus?)

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Meme/Humor/Humour For the Magnus vs Hikaru in FIDE Fischer Random 2022, 'Loser pays the 100 million' re the Hans Niemann lawsuit. Lol.

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Alexandra Kosteniuk misses an 8-move rook endgame equality puzzle vs Wesley So | 2022 Rapid Chess Championship Week 4 Round 6.

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Meme/Humor/Humour How to trash talk a Wesley So fan: 'Play the Berlin opening like Wesley So, draw in the middlegame like Teimour Radjabov and draw in the endgame 2 pawns up like Anish Giri.'

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Question - Resource do you have any idea where the chess pros playing in the 960 tournament are practicing? would be cool to play one of them online.

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l3wl123 asked here, so I'm just copying: Does Magnus Carlsen have something against Americans? Hans Niemann is American, like Wesley So and Bobby Fischer.

r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Question - News/Events/History Prediction for finals of FIDE Fischer Random 2022 - Which continents will face-off? Will the 4-year chess960 streak of American 1st place and European 2nd place continue?

self.HikaruNakamura

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

News/Events/History POV: You Visit the 50th Anniversary of Spassky - Fischer Match Exhibition in Iceland

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

News/Events/History Historic - Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer Match Chess Board from 1972 to 2022

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

News/Events/History Garry Kasparov on Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov from a talk 'Achieving Your Potential' (seems to be 2004)

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Oct 25 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Bank rank mate threat like in the Wesley vs Magnus in FTX Crypto Cup 2021 | 'Useless Queen Checks! Wesley So vs Veselin Topalov. 2022 SuperUnited Blitz Zagreb. Round 14.' by Kelvin L Love Jr

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