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
There was a moment at the beginning when the machines were a positive, but lately we’ve being passing to the other extreme. Now it seems that a move isn’t good unless the machine says so.
Veselin Topalov 2016
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev
School is a waste of time for me. I want to be world chess champion, and they can’t teach me anything there.
Robert Fischer 1961
When I saw MVL’s position, it is like a football match where you’re 3:0 down, with two minutes to go and you’re down to 10 men!
Lev Aronian 2016
” Oh, those exclamation points! How they erode the innocent soul of the amateur, removing all hope of allowing him to examine another player’s ideas critically!”
Tigran Petrosian
