Originally posted by Very RustyIt's chess on acid. Fischer thought chess would be dead once all the opening theory had been worked out, so he devised a new setup algorithm whereby the positions of the pieces (but not the pawns) would be randomized and mirrored on the other side. That way opening theory would be largely useless in a Fischer Random game, allowing chess to remain challenging indefinitely.
Can someone explain what this is?
Originally posted by PBE6Wow, if the pawns get shuffled, too, does that mean that all those rook pawn draws would still apply if the rook pawns get shuffled to the middle of the board?🙄
It's true! But they always stay on the second and seventh ranks, as opposed to taking part in the grand Fischer Random square dance with the pieces.
Paul
Originally posted by philidor positionAnd I wonder:
LOL 🙂
If the White King starts on g1, and White opens 1. g4, does that make the Grob a kingpawn opening?
And I heard:
Now that we've allowed pawn shuffling, counting pawns has been banned in Vegas.
And I hope:
That this will lead to "board shuffling". The guy next to me always seems to have a better position than I do.
And I fear:
This will never end.
laPu