tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post4951677637219302127..comments2024-02-20T07:50:13.558+01:00Comments on Chess960 (FRC): Carlsen and Chess960Mark Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101044127493771263noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post-87800656933302144162013-03-12T06:06:46.179+01:002013-03-12T06:06:46.179+01:00Thanks for this blog and the chess960 forum you pr...Thanks for this blog and the chess960 forum you provide. Anyone have any information on chess960 tournaments for amateurs? Perhaps in nyc?<br />nlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00189011723484040397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post-37035151879511722332013-03-04T10:17:20.114+01:002013-03-04T10:17:20.114+01:00I read somewhere some years ago that Magnus Carlse...I read somewhere some years ago that Magnus Carlsen likes to play Chess960 on ICC.Torbjörn Björklundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post-21619615853255769722013-03-04T00:29:26.404+01:002013-03-04T00:29:26.404+01:00If chess960-FRC popularity grows, my guess is it w...If chess960-FRC popularity grows, my guess is it will be neither from top-down nor bottom-up.<br /><br />Rather chess960 will grow from middle-down-up. And it will start at online chess playing websites, bypassing local T.O.'s.<br /><br />By this I mean local Tournament Organizers / Directors must nuture the potential interest from local club players by advocating and themselves hosting chess960 tournaments, real tournaments with standard long time-controls.<br /><br />Only such tournaments can build interest among class players, that can then bubble up to masters.<br />But I think 99% of T.O.'s are uninterested in chess960, and the other 1% might follow interest from their clientel, but they are not going to work to initially create that interest.<br /><br />Bughouse chess seems to be growing this way today in 2013: scholastic T.O.'s hold Bughouse tournaments.<br />Bughouse is now more popular than is chess960.<br /><br />The single most realistic hope for chess960 growth lies in the web. Some chess playing websites hold chess960 tournaments. This bypasses the need for local a T.O. If these online chess960 tournaments grow in popularity, changes might occur at some local clubs, etc.<br /><br />GeneM<br />2013/03/03GeneMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760103001033379456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post-5206768889789321562013-03-03T12:12:04.981+01:002013-03-03T12:12:04.981+01:00A couple of years ago on the forums at Chess.com I...A couple of years ago on the forums at Chess.com I felt Carlsen would beat the best chess engines in the world at Chess960 (with a month or two of familiarizing). <br /><br />The reason is exactly what you have said about his opening style. Still today two years later, even Houdini-3 is missing some basic ideas in Chess960 and I'm sure he would see them (as no doubt a few other top GM's would as well).<br /><br />It's probably the last way to host a human -verses machine match in this day and age and it would be a great way to give some exposure to Chess960.<br /><br />But Carlsen is focused on winning the world title, and I doubt he would let himself be distracted by Chess960 even if it would not damage his Chess, precisely because of his flexible style of play.<br /><br />CheersHarryOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971894954907592580noreply@blogger.com