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Chess960
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English
Etymology
960 is the number of possible initial positions of Chess960.
Pronunciation
chess nine-sixty
chĕsnīnsĭksʹtē en /ˌt͡ʃɛsnaɪ̯nˈsɪksti/
Noun
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en chess en Fischer random chess.
en 2023 Laws of Chess https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 2022 28 w:FIDE Before a Chess960 game a starting position is randomly set up, subject to certain rules. https://web.archive.org/web/20250316122506/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 16 March 2025 29 June 2025
Derived terms
en 960