The setting was Druids Head pub. The occasion was a club night. The twist was Fisher Random Chess. What is Fisher Random Chess (a.k.a Chess960)? According to chess folk lore, the mighty Bobby fisher, having crushed all competition was disenchanted with conventional chess. Specifically, the same old openings that seasoned players memorise, and for the most part continue to play year after year. He instead opted to play and advocate a chess variant where the pieces on the back ranks start on unfamiliar squares, therefore producing a much spicier affair. Sea food Us chess heads rely on our favourite opening(s) to get us to a familiar, advantageous position in the middle game. But when are favorite pieces start the game in strange places (as they do in Fisher Random Chess), your tried and tested openings are of little use. Fisher Random Chess can transform even the mightiest chess club, chess boss into a fish out of water. And on this occasion there was much flapping as w...
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