Chess960

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Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, after its inventor, former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer, provides a new variety of chess opening positions, thus obviating in most cases reliance on opening theory.

The pieces are set up as follows:

The pawns are on the second rank, in the same way as in normal chess. The pieces are distributed randomly according to an accepted method