Also named Fischer Chess. At the beginning, the pieces are placed in the order they are drawn. The game is played according the Rules of Chess. The yearly major competition is organised during the Mainz Chess Festival. (see Fischer chess)
Anand, Viswanathan vs Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0 Wch Chess960 Rnd:4.2
Mainz 2007
16. “By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don’t swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.
Anatoly Karpov
I think I like chess. That’s the main reason that I’m able to play at a reasonably high level – that I really love chess. Always have and always will (smiles). It’s the best game in the world!
Nigel Short 2016
The Golden Age, when machines were weak and my hair was strong!
Garry Kasparov 2017
Who was the greatest chess player? If chess is an art, Alekhine. If chess is a science, Capablanca. If chess is a struggle, Lasker.
Saviely Tartakower
The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.
Savielly Tartakower
