tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post1037022791131177753..comments2024-02-20T07:50:13.558+01:00Comments on Chess960 (FRC): New Book by Gene MilenerMark Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101044127493771263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post-82654371851017629692018-10-30T11:31:54.768+01:002018-10-30T11:31:54.768+01:00Hi Gene hope you are well. If you are going to use...Hi Gene hope you are well. If you are going to use my name when it comes to the topic of corner bishops, I would appreciate it if you would link to my actual thoughts on them which demonstrate at least two top level games by Nakamura and Aronian that disagree with Yasser. Some objective perspective would be good please.<br /><br />http://chess960jungle.blogspot.com/2014/09/chess960-sinquefield-cup-2014-corner.htmlHarryOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971894954907592580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post-67574606792349978412018-10-19T09:56:03.776+02:002018-10-19T09:56:03.776+02:00HarryO gave a link to a 2.5 hour video of a chess9...HarryO gave a link to a 2.5 hour video of a chess960 tournament for which Yasser Seirawan was the live commentator.<br /><br />Video dated 2018 January, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INs7IkjeQhE<br /><br />Video at time = 5min_35sec<br />https://youtu.be/INs7IkjeQhE?t=336<br /><br />Yasser Seirawn expresses his dislike of chess960 start setups that place all four bishops on corner squares.<br />In my chess960 book of 2006, I agree but I go further and also dislike all setups that start with just two of the bishops on corner squares.<br /><br />To quote Seirawan:<br /><br /><i>"I hate the setups where all four bishops are in the corner, because what are you going to do? You're going to play g3 b3 g6 b6, the bishops are going to get traded. It's very hard to create an imbalance."</i><br /><br />GeneM , 2018/10/19GeneMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760103001033379456noreply@blogger.com