Magnus Carlsen Leonard Barden on Chess Chess: Magnus Carlsen beats Hikaru Nakamura in Fischer Random match The world No1 won 14-10 in Oslo in a format featuring random starting setting of pieces to encourage creative openings 3554: Peter Schweiner v Andrey Shirov, Bundesliga 2017. Magnus Carlsen captured another global crown, albeit an unofficial title, this week when Norway’s world No 1 defeated Hikaru Nakamura of the US 14-10 at Fischer Random chess in a $185,000 five-day series in Oslo. Fischer Random, also called Chess960, is a variant invented by the legendary Bobby Fischer where the starting position of the pieces on the back ranks is randomised. With Fischer Random you take away the science part. A special rule for the start position in Fischer Random is that the two rooks must be either side of the king, allowing a variant of castling.

Source: The Guardian February 16, 2018 20:03 UTC