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Navigation Links	Chess960, also called Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant produced by Grandmaster Bobby Fischer, where chess creativity and talent is more important than memorization and analysis of opening moves. The initial chess position is randomized, which makes memorizing chess opening far less helpful. There are 960 such initial positions. Castling is allowed under special rules.				Partners and sponsors
BEST PGN PLAYER (INCL. CHESS960) CHESS960 WORLD CHAMPIONS CHESS960 RATINGS ALL CHESS960 STARTING POSITIONS LISTEN TO BOBBY FISCHER SPEAK ABOUT HIS VERSION OF CHESS! (MP3 file, 800K, 1 minute)			Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk successfully defended her World Champion Title in Mainz (Germany), August 2008. Final of the World Championship, Alexandra Kosteniuk beats Kateryna Lahno 2.5 - 1.5. Third place Viktorija Cmilyte, 4th place Natalia Zhukova. Preliminary qualifying tournament: 1. Kosteniuk 5.5, 2. Lahno 4, 3. Cmilyte 2, 4. Zhukova 0.5.

Click here to listen to or download Alexandra's MP3 podcast about Chess960 (14 minutes, 19 megabytes) Read the Chessbase report about the 2006 Chess960 World Championships	2006 and 2007 Chess960 World Champion (Men) LEVON ARONIAN		Current 2006-2010 Chess960 World Champion (Women) ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK
See the Chesspics photo album for the 2006 Chess960 World Championships	Lev Aronian beat Petr Svidler to take the 2006 Men's Chess960 World Title		Alexandra Kosteniuk beat Elisabeth Paehtz to take the 2006 Woman's Chess960 World Title		Click here to buy Click here for exerpt

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