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What's random chess?
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Various versions of chess where the pieces are randomly shuffled on the back row before the start of the game. Usually, the two players get the same arrangement of pieces; sometimes, there are restrictions on where the pieces may be placed (e.g., bishops must be on different coloured squares). In some, castling is allowed (and it's defined what castling means in cases where the king and rooks don't start on their usual squares); in some, it isn't.
The idea is to get away from opening theory while still playing a game that looks more or less like chess.
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Called the Fisher Random or Chess 960 which I am playing since long. In OTB and CC there are World Championships and actual OTB World Champion in Chess 960 is GM Aronian. Many tourneys are held with financial incentive in OTB and the ICCF as well as many national federations are enhancing more and more the organisation of Fisher Random tournaments. I won't explain the rules here as everybody can read them in the net. Just type chess 960 in the google bar. The same rules apply as for standard chess including castling but the arrangement of the pieces is different (there are 960 starting positions for 960) the same for White and Black however inverted. That's for Fisher Random but there is quite another form of randomized chess called Stanley Random. The rules are complex but the strategy and normal setup to be followed can't be explained in a few words.
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I support the random chess games but I don't know if I will support the conditional move.
Ray Duque III
New York City
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| ...there is quite another form of randomized chess called Stanley Random. |
Technically speaking, Stanley Random Chess (SR Chess) is neither a form of "randomized" chess nor a chess variant. In fact, purists allege that Standard Chess is merely a simplified form of and development from SR Chess. While SR Chess appears superficially to be similar to Standard Chess, it is actually a far more advanced and complex form of chess that predates Standard Chess and requires greater creativity and more imaginative play.
At the last count the official ISRCF handbook consisted of 175 volumes, which have to be transported to tournaments by articulated lorry.
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