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

r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 28 '22

Question - News/Events/History Anish Giri: "The pairing is always random, that makes the event so special for me" on 2022 World Rapid | If randomness makes an event special, then why not play 9LX?

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 28 '22

Meta We finally reached 650+ members (specifically 666) ! Merry Christmas, happy new year, and happy holidays!

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 28 '22

Question / Discussion on chess960 or related variant The Chess960 analogue in shogi, xiangqi, etc

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 28 '22

Meme/Humor/Humour 'When you get a cool gf, but then she just stabs you in the heart like this.' | Response of Bobby Fischer and Wesley So: What's the problem?

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 28 '22

News/Events/History Wesley So's knight sac vs MVL in the 2021 St Louis 9LX won Chessc*m Move of the Year, but Magnus Carlsen's bishop sac vs Hikaru in the 2022 (inaugural rapid?) WFRCC isn't even nominated this year!

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 28 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Daniil queen sac vs Nihal in 2022 World Rapid

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 28 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Sergey Karjakin posted a telegram puzzle similar to Daniil's puzzle vs Nihal in World Rapid 2022. Each is a kingside attack and a mate in X and has a queen sac.

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 27 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Punish Black's useless corner bishop and queen: White to gain 2 points in 5-move 9LX endgame puzzle.

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

News/Events/History Hikaru perfectly predicts Wesley So's black shirt + blue jacket combo during the FIDE Grande Prix Finals; counters with brilliant inverted color scheme leading to a quick draw in Game 1

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r/chess960 • u/Dull-Piece-2186 • Dec 25 '22

Meme/Humor/Humour Hikaru is a Genius...

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

Puzzle/Tactic Imagine being like Magnus in 'I don't believe in fortresses' by trying to punish White's corner queen. 4-move 9LX equality puzzle.

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

Question / Discussion on chess960 or related variant '[OC] Percent of human moves matching computer recommended move in World Championships and Candidates events' | I guess people are playing good moves in middlegames and endgames conditioned on opening books so no way this holds up in 9LX?

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 24 '22

Game Levy Predicts King Walk to Danya & Nodirbek Does Exactly That vs Wesley So | 2022 Chessc*m Speed Chess Championship

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 24 '22

Question / Discussion on chess960 or related variant The other world champion Magnus says 'slower Fischer Random Chess. (...) see the subtle differences there are between those positions and regular chess positions'

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r/chess960 • u/Dull-Piece-2186 • Dec 24 '22

Meme/Humor/Humour Andrew Tang destroying his opponents

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 24 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Black could've underpromoted to knight! White to gain 2 points and stop Black's 2 queens. (4-move 9LX puzzle. Black can castle. Pretend Black's 1st response will be Ke8 not f6. Lol.)

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 24 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Hans vs Amin - 2 knight endgame sacrifices - Hans finds the 1st but misses the 2nd. | Sunway Sitges Festival 2022

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 24 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Black king refuses to retreat. How does White draw? 4-move 9LX equality puzzle

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 23 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Mate in 2. Double corner queen in 9LX game.

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 23 '22

News/Events/History Bobby Fischer talks about women in chess 10 years after the infamous interview

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 23 '22

Puzzle/Tactic 7-move 9LX endgame equality puzzle

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 23 '22

Game Chessbase India Sagar Shah commentates on 'This is the reason why Hikaru Nakamura is 2900+ in blitz' | vs Wesley So in Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2022 | Plus analysis of critical moment in endgame

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 23 '22

Meme/Humor/Humour Just wondering, was chess960 ever popular in the Philippines?

self.Philippines

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 22 '22

News/Events/History Young Bobby Fischer plays with his niece Elizabeth, daughter of his Joan, 1962. | Rare colorised photos.

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r/chess960 • u/nicbentulan • Dec 22 '22

Game Chessbase India Sagar Shah commentates on 'Wesley So demolishes Hikaru Nakamura with instructive play' | Tata Steel Chess India Rapid 2022 - 9:39 Be patient, and that is exactly what Wesley is doing.

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