Chess and the dispute over 'freestyle'
A row is brewing in the world of chess – at the center of it are a disgruntled world federation and a chess variant – with ...
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Is freestyle chess improving or impairing the game?
Freestyle chess, by randomising the starting point of the game, destroys this advantage of memory and pattern recognition; it ...
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Chess: Germany's Keymer and the AI influence
The result: more and more openings that chess professionals have spent decades ... that was invented by the legendary US champion Bobby Fischer: In "Fischer Random," the starting position is ...
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Carlsen v FIDE row intensifies over Freestyle Chess World Championship
PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE ... Chess960, created by former world champion Bobby Fischer in 1996, has been gaining in popularity ...
Freestyle tour boss, Carlsen call for FIDE president’s resignation
In Chess960/Freestyle chess, which was created by former world champion Bobby Fischer in 1996, the pieces on the back rank are reshuffled, meaning that computer-backed preparations leading to ...
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Chess-Freestyle tour boss, Carlsen call for FIDE president's resignation
PARIS : Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric ... Chess960, created by former world champion Bobby Fischer in 1996, has been gaining in popularity after an invitational tournament ...
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Magnus Carlsen v Fide row intensifies over Freestyle Chess World Championship
PARIS – The ongoing dispute between the International Chess Federation (Fide ... Chess960, created by former world champion Bobby Fischer in 1996, has been gaining in popularity after an ...