{"id":402,"date":"2019-02-11T20:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T04:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/?page_id=402"},"modified":"2021-06-18T17:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T00:59:22","slug":"3d-chess960","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/3d-games\/3d-chess960\/","title":{"rendered":"3D-Chess960"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chess960<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chess960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a> says: \u201cBob\u00adby Fischer\u2019s goal was to elim\u00adi\u00adnate what he con\u00adsid\u00adered the com\u00adplete dom\u00adi\u00adnance of open\u00adings prepa\u00adra\u00adtion in clas\u00adsi\u00adcal chess, replac\u00ading it with cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty and tal\u00adent. \u2026 Fis\u00adch\u00ader believed that elim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading mem\u00ado\u00adrized book moves would lev\u00adel the play\u00ading field.\u201d The game&nbsp;became known as Fis\u00adch\u00ader Ran\u00addom Chess but in 1991 it was changed to Chess960 and is gain\u00ading in pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty (as is not\u00aded at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.chessbase.com\/post\/the-problem-with-chess960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chessbase.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Life is Chess <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> Chess is Life\u201d \u2014 It\u2019s been said that a Chess Mas\u00adter will win most chess vari\u00adants because of hav\u00ading more expe\u00adri\u00adence. That is true even in life as you gain more expe\u00adri\u00adence. 960 is great! It mim\u00adics real&nbsp;life.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span class=\"caps\">3D<\/span> Chess960<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">3D<\/span> Chess960<\/strong><\/span>\u2033 would be the same as Chess960 but it would be played on two boards as in \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3d-games\/3d-chess-chess-the-next-generation\/\"><span class=\"caps\">CHESS<\/span> \u2013 <span class=\"caps\">THE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">NEXT<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GENERATION<\/span><\/a>\u201d. Plus there would be 16 open\u00ading moves (that does not exist in reg\u00adu\u00adlar <span class=\"caps\">2D<\/span> flat board game) and with\u00adout the pre\u00adde\u00adfined pos\u00adsi\u00adble clas\u00adsic openings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rv-K9WmrnFs?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2dgrcQD\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7922\/46119638825_a96fdc3090_z.jpg\" alt=\"'Chess960 \u2013 The Next Generation'\" width=\"546\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The above pieces have already been placed ran\u00addom\u00adly and there are still 16 pos\u00adsi\u00adble open\u00ading moves that would have nev\u00ader hap\u00adpen in a flat board game. This real\u00adly mim\u00adics real life! bring\u00ading out the best of your cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty and talent.<br>\n<strong>If<\/strong> you have those red\/cyan <span class=\"caps\">3D<\/span> glass\u00ades, then take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2eBuVvf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D-Chess960<\/a> in <span class=\"caps\">3D<\/span> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dimensionalized.com\/Responsive-Web-Design\/images\/icon-3Dglasses1.gif\" alt>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h1>How to set up Chess960<\/h1>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chess960.net\/how-to-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/chess960.net\/how-to-play\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">says:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p>The pieces are ran\u00addom\u00adly placed on the back row, with the pawns on the next row, as usu\u00adal. There must always be:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>One rook to the left of the king, and one rook to the right of the&nbsp;king.<\/li>\n<li>One bish\u00adop on light coloured square, and one bish\u00adop on a dark coloured square.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The start\u00ading posi\u00adtions are always sym\u00admet\u00adri\u00adcal (as in reg\u00adu\u00adlar chess). \u2026 \u2026 For casu\u00adal play, it\u2019s sim\u00adple to set up a valid posi\u00adtion by&nbsp;hand.<\/p>\n<h1>How to Castle in Chess960<\/h1>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>First<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, as explained at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chess960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>, it\u2019s the same rules as in reg\u00adu\u00adlar&nbsp;chess:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Castling pre\u00adreq\u00adui\u00adsites<\/strong><\/span> are the same as in stan\u00addard chess, namely:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The king and the castling rook must not have pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly&nbsp;moved.<\/li>\n<li>No square from the king\u2019s ini\u00adtial square to its final square may be under attack by an ene\u00admy&nbsp;piece.<\/li>\n<li>All the squares between the king\u2019s ini\u00adtial and final squares (includ\u00ading the final square), and all the squares between the rook\u2019s ini\u00adtial and final squares (includ\u00ading the final square), must be vacant except for the king and&nbsp;rook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It also states: A rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded way to cas\u00adtle is always move first the king to its final square, then move the rook to its final square. \u2026 also use\u00adful for the play\u00ader to state \u201cI am about to cas\u00adtle\u201d before castling.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<hr style=\"background-color: #eee8aa; width: 60%; text-align: center; border-top: 1px dashed #006400;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Castling<\/strong><\/span>(3.5mins spells it out so sim\u00adply and visually):<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hVg2ueiYnD4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">chess 960 (Fis\u00adch\u00ader Ran\u00addom) Cas\u00adtle&nbsp;rules<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<hr style=\"background-color: #eee8aa; width: 60%; text-align: center; border-top: 1px dashed #006400;\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.chess.com\/customer\/portal\/articles\/1444897-how-do-i-castle-in-a-chess960-game-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chess.com<\/a> says: The bot\u00adtom line is that the King and Rook end up on exact\u00adly the same squares as they would in a stan\u00addard&nbsp;game.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<hr>\n<h1><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #007000; text-decoration: underline;\">Chess960 \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">2D<\/span> or 1 flat&nbsp;board<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>So what would a game of Chess960 look like? Click on the game below and it will begin play\u00ading out in about 10 seconds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_463\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3d-games\/3d-chess960\/_chessgm_martinvspaul-blkwins\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-463\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-463\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-463\" src=\"http:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChessGm_MartinVsPaul-BlkWins-300x300.gif\" alt=\"Chess960 game played out\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChessGm_MartinVsPaul-BlkWins-300x300.gif 300w, https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChessGm_MartinVsPaul-BlkWins-144x144.gif 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chess960 \u2014 31 moves \u2014 back row randomized.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Monospace;\"><br>\n01. e2-e4&nbsp;e7-e5<br>\n02. b2-b3&nbsp;f8-d6<br>\n03. d1-e3&nbsp;g7-g6<br>\n04. e3-c4&nbsp;g8-g7<br>\n05. b1-c3&nbsp; O\u2011O<br>\n06. c3-b5&nbsp;b8-c6<br>\n07. b5xd6&nbsp;c7xd6<br>\n08. c4xd6&nbsp;c8-c7<br>\n09. d6-b5&nbsp;c7-c8<br>\n10. f2-f3&nbsp;c6-b4<br>\n11. b5-c3&nbsp;a7-a6<br>\n12. a2-a3&nbsp;b4xc2&nbsp;+<br>\n13. c1xc2&nbsp;b7-b5<br>\n14. b3-b4&nbsp;f7-f5<br>\n15. f1-d3&nbsp;f5-f4<br>\n16. c3-d5&nbsp;c8xc2<br>\n17. d3xc2&nbsp;a8xd5<br>\n18. e4xd5&nbsp;d7-d6<br>\n19. g1-b6&nbsp;g7-e7<br>\n20. O\u2011O&nbsp;d8-f7<br>\n21. b6xa6&nbsp;e7-h4<br>\n22. a6xb5&nbsp;f7-g5<br>\n23. b5-e2&nbsp;f8-f6<br>\n24. d2-d3&nbsp;g5-f7<br>\n25. a3-a4&nbsp;f6-f5<br>\n26. d3-d4&nbsp;f5-h5<br>\n27. h2-h3&nbsp;e5-e4<br>\n28. c2xe4&nbsp;f7-g5<br>\n29. e2-f2&nbsp;g5xh3&nbsp;+<br>\n30. g2xh3&nbsp;h5-g5&nbsp;+<br>\n31. g1-h1&nbsp;h4xh3&nbsp;+!<br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tools I used to cre\u00adate the above&nbsp;game:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caissa.com\/chess-tools\/pgn-editor.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caissa.com\/chess-tools\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apronus.com\/chess\/pgnviewer\/?p=PBNRNKBQRPPPPPPPP________________________________ppppppppbnrnkbqr0w&amp;m=e4_e5_b3_Bd6_Ne3_g6_Nc4_Qg7_Nc3_O-O_Nb5_Nbc6_Nbxd6_cxd6_Nxd6_Rc7_Nb5_Rc8_f3_Nb4_Nc3_a6_a3_Nxc2*_Rxc2_b5_b4_f5_Bd3_f4_Nd5_Rxc2_Bxc2_Bxd5_exd5_d6_Qb6_Qe7_O-O_Nf7_Qxa6_Qh4_Qxb5_Ng5_Qe2_Rf6_d3_Nf7_a4_Rf5_d4_Rh5_h3_e4_Bxe4_Ng5_Qf2_Nxh3*_gxh3_Rg5*_Kh1_Qxh3*&amp;f=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apronus.com\/chess\/pgnviewer\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In order to record a game of <strong><span class=\"caps\">3D<\/span> Chess960<\/strong>, use the&nbsp;Chess Nota\u00adtion as seen above plus add the board lev\u00adel in-front of the nota\u00adtion so that it would look like: <strong>A<\/strong>a1 \u2014 <strong>B<\/strong>a1 (if a Rook was on that square mov\u00ading down). The top board lev\u00adel is <strong>A<\/strong>, which is above the 2nd board below it,&nbsp;<strong>B<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h1><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #007000; text-decoration: underline;\">Chess960 x2<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>To take this game to whole new fair lev\u00adel, take&nbsp;Bob\u00adby Fischer\u2019s goal and mul\u00adti\u00adply it by 2 and what you\u2019ve got is <strong>Chess960 x2<\/strong> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both back rows are ran\u00addom\u00adized<\/span> accord\u00ading to the rules of Chess960. This also would require play\u00ading two games, so that both play\u00aders would play the same \u2014 ran\u00addom\u00adized back row of the oth\u00ader per\u00adson. This is the end result of just&nbsp;the first game (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">click game board<\/span> \u2014 the game starts to plays out in 10 seconds):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3d-games\/3d-chess960\/20201112-2d-chess960x2_paulvsmartin3-lrg2b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-467\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-467\" src=\"http:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20201112-2D-Chess960x2_PaulVsMartin3-Lrg2b-300x293.gif\" alt=\"20201112-2D-Chess960x2_PaulVsMartin3-Lrg2b\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20201112-2D-Chess960x2_PaulVsMartin3-Lrg2b-300x293.gif 300w, https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20201112-2D-Chess960x2_PaulVsMartin3-Lrg2b-307x300.gif 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The above game plays out in 3 minutes.<\/p>\n<pre>Chess960 x2\nNotice both sides are different.\nSetup from a1 (Chess960) x2 for both back rows:\nBlack: Q B N R B K R N\nWhite: N Q R N K R B B\n       a b c d e f g h<\/pre>\n<pre>qbnrbkrn\/pppppppp\/8\/8\/8\/8\/PPPPPPPP\/NQRNKRBB w - -<\/pre>\n<pre> 1.d1-c3    a7-a6\n 2.g2-g3    d7-d6\n 3.f2-f4    c8-a7\n 4.O-O-O    e8-c6\n 5.h1-e4    c6xe4\n 6.c3xe4    h7-h6\n 7.c2-c3    a7-c6\n 8.g3-g4    b8-a7\n 9.g4-g5    f7 f6\n10.g1-f2    O-O-O\n11.a1-b3    a7xf2\n12.f1xf2    a8-a7\n13.e2-e3    d8-e8\n14.d2-d4    e7-e5\n15.g5xf6    d6-d5\n16.e4-d6 +  c7xd6\n17.b1-f5 +  c8-d8\n18.f6-f7    h8xf7\n19.f5xf7    c6-e7\n20.f7-e6    d8-c7\n21.f4xe5    d6xe5\n22.e6xe5 +  c7-d7\n23.b3-c5 +  d7-c8\n24.e5-d6    b7-b6\n25.c5-d3    a7-c7\n26.d6-b4    g7-g5\n27.d3-e5    c8-b7\n28.a2-a4    a6-a5\n29.b4-b5    e7-c8\n30.b5xd5 +  b7-b8\n31.f2-f7    e8-e7\n32.f7-f6    e7-h7\n33.e5-c6 +  b7xc6\n34.f6xc6    b8-a8\n35.c6xb6 +  a8-a7\n36.d5xa5 ++\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>Now, take the above and play a game of \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span class=\"caps\">3D<\/span> Chess960 x2<\/strong><\/span>\u2033 and you\u2019ve got a very excit\u00ading fair game with end\u00adless fair pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties so that each game will be very&nbsp;new.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any com\u00adments, you could post them at my <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHskn5KwRg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr account<\/a> or at my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCaaDFNvP_32mm9y996oA9RQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube account<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chess960 Wikipedia says: \u201cBob\u00adby Fischer\u2019s goal was to elim\u00adi\u00adnate what he con\u00adsid\u00adered the com\u00adplete dom\u00adi\u00adnance of open\u00adings prepa\u00adra\u00adtion in clas\u00adsi\u00adcal chess, replac\u00ading it with cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty and tal\u00adent. \u2026 Fis\u00adch\u00ader believed that elim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading mem\u00ado\u00adrized book moves would lev\u00adel the play\u00ading field.\u201d \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/3d-games\/3d-chess960\/\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-402","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/402\/revisions\/495"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimensionalized.com\/3D\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}