Monday, April 10, 2023

The G Defence

The former world champion felt there was too much memorization and opening preparation in chess. Some players could rattle off the first 20 moves or more of popular openings based on pre-game study.
He thought this could be overcome by randomizing the starting placement of pieces on each player’s first rank. All other rules stayed the same. This form of chess came to be known as Fischer Random. [Read more].

Hikaru Nakamura – Magnus Carlsen
2nd World Fischerandom Chess Championship Group Stage; match game 1; time control: 25 minutes for the first 30 moves, plus 5 minutes for the rest of the game, plus 5 seconds per move starting from move 31; Reykjavík, October 25, 2022
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Position #295

1. b3 g5!


On his very first move in this Chess960 game, Carlsen as Black has offered a sacrifice of his Bishop. Should White now capture the piece? [Reveal answer].

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