SP729 - RKNBBQNR

• So Explains So vs. Carlsen • GM Wesley So discusses the third game from his FWFRCC final match with GM Carlsen

SP725 - RKBBNQNR

• Learn to Castle Correctly (Rules) • A top GM stumbles into a help mate by castling incorrectly

SP717 - RKQBNNBR

• Gambling Moves • There is lots of opportunity in chess960 for creativity

SP718 - RKQNNBBR

• The Initial Positional Considerations • The initial positional considerations in every chess960 game are nearly always the same.

SP713 - RKQBBNNR

• 'A Tempo and a Half in a Symmetrical Position' • 2012 Finegold - Kosteniuk

SP703 - RQKNNRBB

• Nakamura's 1.h4/a4 • GM Nakamura opened with 1.h4 or 1.a4 in three games recorded on ICC

SP699 - RQKNBNRB

• GM Hort and Chess960 • GM Vlastimil Hort playing RQKNBNRB (SP699).

SP694 - RQBKNBNR

• A Nakamura Sac Attack • 2008 Buhmann - Nakamura

SP679 - QRBKNNRB

• Queen Safety in the Center • 'Do not bring your Queen out too early'(?)
• More about Queens in the Corner • The Queen in the corner is one of the knottiest problems to solve in chess960.

SP669

RNKBRNBQ

SP666 - RNKRBBNQ

• Attention to the Chess960 Center • Nakamura - Aronian, Chess960 World Championship, Mainz 2009, title match, game 3
  
  
• Castling: A Rook-only Example • clearing a non-castling Rook off the castling Rook's square

SP655 - RNKRQNBB

• Ignoring the Positional Handicap • Chess positions are not always as simple as they appear

SP644 - RBBNKRQN

• Initial Pawn Moves and Castling • One of the twins has a good score for White, while the other has a good score for Black

SP638 - RNKQRBBN

• What Are the Odds? • Two consecutive games with the same start position

SP638

RNKQRBBN

SP608 - BBRNQKRN

• Castling into an Attack • Consider the disadvantages of premature castling

SP608

BBRNQKRN

SP599 - RQBNKRNB

• The KID Family • Three moves into the game the position looks a lot like a King's Indian Defense (KID) in traditional chess.

SP577

BQRBNKRN

SP558 - RNKNQBBR

• Chess960 Fever in Little Sweden • 2004 Su.Polgar - Karpov

SP546

BRNKNBQR

SP544 - BBRNKNQR

• Nakamura's 1.h4/a4 • GM Nakamura opened with 1.h4 or 1.a4 in three games recorded on ICC

SP540 - RBNKQNBR

• Switching Bishops and Knights • 2009 Aronian - Nakamura

SP535 - RNBKQNRB

• Grischuk - Mamedyarov, Mainz 2009 • An important game from the 8th FiNet Open
  
• Chess960 'as a Spectator's Sport' • 2007 Anand - Aronian
  
• Top GMs and Traditional Development Patterns • More on 'How Top Players Treat the Same Chess960 Position'

SP534 - RNBKQBNR

• A Database of Chess960 Start Positions • Symmetrical SPs w/ K & Q in the center.
• Chess960 Opening Theory • Also SP518; initial moves for the traditional SP as determined by chess engines.
• Arbitrariness in Chess Rules • The start positions of the royal pieces and the castling rules are both arbitrary.
• Non-random, Non-castling • If Kramnik's idea is meant to retain engine analysis and memorization of opening variations, the same objective could be accomplished by switching to SP534 RNBKQBNR.

SP518 - RNBQKBNR

• the traditional start position

SP516

RBBNQKNR

SP514 - BRNQKBNR

• Traditional Development Patterns • Extravagant Openings in Chess960

SP501 - RQBBNKNR

• Nakamura's 1.h4/a4 • GM Nakamura opened with 1.h4 or 1.a4 in three games recorded on ICC

SP491 - QRNKBNRB

• The First Recorded Fischerandom Game? • 1996 Bronstein - Douven
• Counting Viable First Moves • SP with the highest number of viable first moves?
• Choosing a First Move • Adhere to classical opening principles, especially paying attention to the center.

SP489 - QRNBBKNR

• Breaking the Symmetry • A Queen in the corner nearly always requires special consideration to determine how the piece will get into the game.

SP485

QRBBNKNR

SP482 - BQRNKBNR

• Small Opening Moves Can Have Big Consequences

SP468 - RBBNNKRQ

• Deferring the Castling Option • One advantage to thinking deeply about castling is not having to revisit the decision over the next few moves

SP456 - RBNNBKQR

• Games Between Skillful Players • Can you tell from looking at the diagrams which player was higher rated?

SP455

RNBNKQRB

SP452 - RBBNNKQR

• Nakamura's 1.g4/b4 • Was there any particular characteristic of the start positions that led him to choose these moves?

SP451 - BRNNKQRB

• Four Cornered Bishops • Nakamura - Aronian, Chess960 World Championship, Mainz 2009, title match, game 2
  
  
• CCM9: Nakamura, Grischuk, and Rybka • Nakamura explains 2...f6 and 3....f5

SP448 - BBRNNKQR

• Chess960 Twins • also SP703, its twin; making a plan for the initial development

SP439 - RNBNQKRB

• 'Chess960 Castling First Move' • Interesting are the consequences of first move castling.

SP436 - RBBNNQKR

• Rare Birds 2015-16 • Transcript of Showdown in Saint Louis 2015 - Caruana vs. Nakamura

SP431 - RNQNKRBB

• Chess960 with YouTube's Kingscrusher • A video from an instruction channel that is extremely popular

SP424

RBNQBNKR

SP419 - BRNQNKRB

• Symmetry Misjudged • What are the consequences of symmetry in the middle game?

SP416 - BBRNQNKR

• Chess Engines Don't Always Get It • making a plan for the initial development

SP408 - RBQNBNKR

• Problem with the SP or with the Engines? • Lopsided results for White in engine-vs-engine play.

SP396

QBRNNKBR

SP395 - QRNNBKRB

• Choosing a First Move - Part 2 • Another exercise to choose two first moves in identical SPs.

SP393 - QRNBBNKR

• A Clash of Styles • There are two distinct, fundamental ways to treat a chess960 opening
  
  
• Disruption of Balance • A concept called the 'illegitimate disruption of balance'

SP388 - QBBRNNKR

• An Imperfect Understanding • The Queen is in the corner and the three diagonal pieces on adjacent files are aimed at the enemy King.
• Three Sad Stories • In each game I apparently went wrong before 20 moves had been played. Is there anything I can learn here?

SP383 - NRKRNQBB

• What's the Logic? • a mysterious second move

SP376 - NBRKBRNQ

• An Attack Is Playing to Lose? • Twins exhibiting widely varying success rates for White and Black

SP366 - NRKRQBBN

• Problem Pieces • GM Seirawan: 'When you look at a chess960 position for the first time, you identify which pieces are problem pieces.'

SP365

NRKBRQBN