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Play Fischerandom, and forget openings...

@ArtofDefeat said in #13: > To some extent, there are more men in chess because there are more men in chess. My daughter walked into the high school chess club . . . and walked right out. She didn't w…

1) Fischer; 2) Tal; 3) Alekhine; 4) Botvinnik; 5) Korchnoi; 6) Capablanca.

In a newspaper interview he was once interviewed, my father said that "chess is charming and fascinating but it is not made known". Making chess known on a mass level can only be of enormous benefit t…

@dboing said in #83: > Sometimes using own language is more felt. I google translated to make sure.. I understand that debate makes for more categorical statements.. we can't have all the nuances of o…

@dboing Estimado. Se entiende que con 960 posiciones iniciales diferentes se estaría conjugando suficientemente todo el pesado bagaje de las aperturas. Si ud quiere más azar, pruebe a lanzar un dado e…

@dboing said in #76: > but why not try it without random? what is so crucial in the ex-machina random, that random pairing of players can't achieve? The crucial thing in Fischerandom is that it elimin…

Sargon compares the 960 chess to a mouse, but at the same time writes reader letters attacking it. He himself started this controversy by attacking the 960, but at the same time he says it is a mouse …

We have said it before. Ever since Fischer launched fischerandom, the enemies of creativity and beauty at the chessboard decided to attack it. The enemies of chess 960 continue with their moth-eaten a…

Chess + books + wine + tango.