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Opening strategies in Chess 960 (Fisher Random Chess)
I had a go at Chess 960 the other day, but whereas I thought I might do better against the computer as it didn't have an opening book, in fact the opposite happened as it quickly found holes in my ...
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Good places to purchase a hexagonal chess board (or materials to build one with)? [closed]
I am interested in getting a hexagonal board to play the ImmortalStarMasters chess variant on (it allows you to have six players playing on the same board). Does anyone know where to get one?
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Chess variant that allows humans to be competitive vs computers
It seems that computers can beat the majority of chess players out there, and at the current rate in which distributed computing is going, it seems like the #1 chess player out there will be computers ...
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Is there a variant of chess such that in the starting position Bishops and Knights are switched?
White's back row would look like this: RBNQKNBR and Black's would undergo an equivalent change.
Where can I learn more about this variant/play this variant with someone experienced?
