Chess960

Randomizing the main pieces had long been known as ''shuffle chess'', but Fischer introduced new rules for the initial random setup, "preserving the dynamic nature of the game by retaining {{chessgloss|bishops of opposite colors}} for each player and the right to [[castling|castle]] for both sides".<ref name=":0">Gligorić (2002), p. 40.</ref> The result is 960 distinct possible starting positions.

Randomizing the main pieces had long been known as ''shuffle chess'', but Fischer introduced new rules for the initial random setup, "preserving the dynamic nature of the game by retaining {{chessgloss|bishops of opposite colors}} for each player and the right to [[castling|castle]] for both sides".<ref name=":0">Gligorić (2002), p. 40.</ref> The result is 960 distinct possible starting positions.

In 2009, [[FIDE]] added Chess960 to an appendix of the Laws of Chess.{{refn|In 2008 FIDE added Chess960 rules to an appendix of the Handbook.<ref name="FideLawsOfChess2009">From [http://aekphotography.co.uk/CAA/html/laws_historic.html laws history page of the CCA] {{Cite web|title=FIDE Laws of Chess - coming into force on 1 July 2009|url=http://aekphotography.co.uk/CAA/Laws_of_Chess_2009.pdf|access-date=5 July 2020|website=CCA – Chess Arbiters' Association}}</ref> This section is now classified under "Guidelines",<ref name="FideLawsOfChess"/> indicating that the rules presented do not have the weight of FIDE law.}} The first world championship officially sanctioned by FIDE, the [[FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019]], brought additional prominence to the variant. It was won by [[Wesley So]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FIDE officially recognizes the World Fischer Random Chess Championship|url=https://fide.com/news/149|website=[[FIDE]]|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> In [[FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022|2022]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]] became the new champion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodgers (JackRodgers) |first=Jack |title=Hikaru Nakamura Wins Fischer Random World Championship: Flash Report |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/wins-fischer-random-world-championship-final-hikaru-nakamura |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Chess.com |date=October 30, 2022 }}</ref>

In 2008, [[FIDE]] added Chess960 to an appendix of the Laws of Chess.{{refn|In 2008 FIDE added Chess960 rules to an appendix of the Handbook.<ref name="FideLawsOfChess2009">From [http://aekphotography.co.uk/CAA/html/laws_historic.html laws history page of the CCA] {{Cite web|title=FIDE Laws of Chess - coming into force on 1 July 2009|url=http://aekphotography.co.uk/CAA/Laws_of_Chess_2009.pdf|access-date=5 July 2020|website=CCA – Chess Arbiters' Association}}</ref> This section is now classified under "Guidelines",<ref name="FideLawsOfChess"/> indicating that the rules presented do not have the weight of FIDE law.}} The first world championship officially sanctioned by FIDE, the [[FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019]], brought additional prominence to the variant. It was won by [[Wesley So]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FIDE officially recognizes the World Fischer Random Chess Championship|url=https://fide.com/news/149|website=[[FIDE]]|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> In [[FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022|2022]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]] became the new champion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodgers (JackRodgers) |first=Jack |title=Hikaru Nakamura Wins Fischer Random World Championship: Flash Report |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/wins-fischer-random-world-championship-final-hikaru-nakamura |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Chess.com |date=October 30, 2022 }}</ref>

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