Fischer Random games

[seki]

Where are the Fischer Random games recently played in St. Louis? Related question: Are there legal Fischer random set-ups that are not used as giving the first player too much of an advantage?

[Smythe_Dakota]

@seki

… Are there legal Fischer random set-ups that are not used as giving the first player too much of an advantage?

I doubt it, because both players have the same setup at the start of the game.

Bill Smythe

[wintdoan]

@Smythe Dakota

@seki

… Are there legal Fischer random set-ups that are not used as giving the first player too much of an advantage?

I doubt it, because both players have the same setup at the start of the game.

Bill Smythe

I don’t think that’s the point. Are there positions where White can get an enduring initiative (presumably with an early forcing Queen move)?

[jproc]

@seki

Where are the Fischer Random games recently played in St. Louis? Related question: Are there legal Fischer random set-ups that are not used as giving the first player too much of an advantage?

I saw an interview with Kasparov the other day and I think they start on monday.Kasparov is flying into St Louis today for a friday event and I would imagine the Caruna Fischer random event would start very shortly thereaafter

[nolan]

I don’t know how much analysis has been done on the various Chess 960 positions, but perhaps the analogy with checkers will eventually hold true. In checkers the number of allowed starting positions has dropped over the years as analysis has determined that certain positions were fully explored.