Chess960

Summary

Chess960 is a chess variant^[1]. Chess960 ranks in the top 8% of chess_variant entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (261 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chess960 is credited with the discovery of Bobby Fischer^[3].
• Chess960's video is recorded as FiNet 2009 Mainz.ogv^[4].
• Chess960's image is recorded as Chess960 example init position.png^[5].
• Chess960's instance of is recorded as chess variant^[6].
• Bobby Fischer is named after Chess960^[7].
• 960 is named after Chess960^[8].
• Chess960's GND ID is recorded as 4806305-8^[9].
• Chess960's part of is recorded as chess terminology^[10].
• Chess960's Commons category is recorded as Chess960^[11].
• +1996-06-19T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chess960^[12].
• Chess960's sport is recorded as chess^[13].
• Chess960's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0htvc^[14].
• Chess960's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chess960^[15].
• Chess960's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/chess960^[16].
• Chess960's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/chess960^[17].
• Chess960's minimum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[18].
• Chess960's maximum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[19].
• Chess960's BoardGameGeek ID is recorded as 12608^[20].
• Chess960's practiced by is recorded as chess player^[21].
• Chess960's Quora topic ID is recorded as Chess960^[22].
• Chess960's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as fischersjakk^[23].
• Chess960's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 체스960^[24].
• Chess960's WIPO Pearl term ID is recorded as 32292^[25].
• Chess960's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as shakhmaty-fishera-02431a^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Chess960 is credited with the discovery of Bobby Fischer^[3].

Why It Matters

Chess960 ranks in the top 8% of chess_variant entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (261 views/month).^[2] Chess960 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] Chess960 is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]