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The 960 Mind Revisted

Chess960 starting position with shuffled back-rank pieces dissolving into branching variations, symbolising creativity and understanding in Fischer Random chess

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 of genuine chess understanding — where memory ends and the mind begins.