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Chess960 & The Frontier
The 960 Mind Revisted
A month ago, we introduced Chess960 as a format worth watching. Now, drawing on 20 years and 452,542 LSS games, Erik van Dijk goes deeper: why Fischer Random isn't just an alternative to standard chess, but the purest available test…
Why Chess960 Is the True Test of Understanding — A Manifesto
For centuries, the starting position of chess has remained static. The result is a game that, at the highest levels, has become increasingly dominated by memorization. Grandmasters spend countless hours with silicon engines, memorizing opening lines 20 or 30 moves deep. The opening…