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Chess 960 should be called Chess 959

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EnCrossiantIsBrilliant

lol

Bebbington32
EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:

The positions shouldn't have to mirror each other, should be totally random, so really it should be chess 919,681.

lol

angsthe_arc

I like saying chess 960 instead of chess 959 lol

yguo2014
Bebbington32 wrote:
yguo2014 wrote:
JosephReidNZ wrote:

Why isn't Bughouse called Double Crazyhoue?

Is that even relevant?

no

So why post irrelevant stuff?

yguo2014
I think the discussion is going off topic
yguo2014
Also please no irrelevant topics
TheBlackKnightTactic

I think 960 sounds better though!

yguo2014
Bruh, 960x960=921,600-960x2-1=919,679
yguo2014
EndgameEnthusiast2357
yguo2014
Actually 960x960=921,600-959x2-1=919,681
yguo2014
Also topic is about chess 960, not creating random chess variations
premio53

It will be a matter of time before someone publishes a "Fischer Random Openings" manual.

TheEloCollector1
The starting positivions can appear in chess 960 because everything is random, even the starter postillon