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MSO Chess 960 Tournaments

Fischer Random Chess
Sessions2
20th August 201310:00
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Chess Variants

Categories:  Chess

Chess is such a well-known board game that players have often become bored and decided to invent new games with the same original set-up. This makes it easier for new players to compete against established chess players as their 100s of years of books on openings do not help. There are often many of the variants of chess played between other games (just for fun) the most commonly seen is Exchange Chess


You can find out about opportunities to play Chess Variants live at the timetable. Please report any external links that have broken or have changed to contain inappropriate material. More information about how tournament play works can be found in clocks and in MSO rules.


MSO Chess 960 Champions

YearNameCountryFlagTitle
2012 Ankush Khandelwal England Olympiad Champion
2011 Etan Ilfeld USA Olympiad Champion
2010 Yusup Atabayev Turkmenestan Olympiad Champion
2010 Maksat Atabayev Turkmenestan Olympiad Champion

Full results and other winners can be found in Chess 960.