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I consider Chess960 to be more respectable than a sport.

This variant is called Teleporting Kings or Teleporting Kings 960. The rules are pretty simple. Almost all of the rules are the same as in chess or Chess960/Fischer Random (whichever you choose to pla…

@AsDaGo said in #2: > Solving Chess960 seems to me like a very small step up from solving regular chess. Technically solving the position with a computer would be a small step. Memorizing 960 times th…

@Finnfinity said in #9: > I think I prefer 960 castling because of more positions. Also, short castling is better than long castling the majority of times; So in your version, if the king is close to …

@Brian-E said in #7: > Ah yes, you're right, I was too entrenched in the mindset of kingside and queenside, but there would indeed be no such concept if the castling was symmetrical. > > > I think the…

@Brian-E said in #5: > I don't think that's correct. Surely there will be 960 possible ways of setting up the position regardless of how the castling move is carried out. > Apart from that, your point…

@Brian-E said in #2: > I think your castling method and the method actually used are of equal merit. Both are reasonable. Changing from one to the other now would not be desirable because of the confu…

In Chess960, short castling is always to the h-side of the board, and long castling is always to the a-side of the board. In my version, short castling is always to the side of the board that the king…

@Former_Player said in #104: > Chess960 is the category which needs such recalculation badly, all the more that the one and only chess960 rating list encompasses all kinds of time controls from 1/4 mi…

@kalafiorczyk said in #79: > OK, thanks for clarifying. No problem :) > With the supporters like you chess 960 doesn't need enemies. Well that's what you get for saying things like, "Well, you are cle…