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[โ€“] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I wonder how the top chess players would do if there were random games where the rook, knight and bishop are reordered (still symmetrical though)

Is that a certain type of game that people do?

I imagine it would destroy most typical game patterns.

[โ€“] kapulsa@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago

You will probably like this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960

There have already been championships and magnus carlsen is a great supporter of this version.

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