> > I have experience with Chess960, both from computer and from > human side. In this variant the pawns start as usual, but the > major pieces (king, queen, rooks, bishops, knights) are randomly > shuuffled on the back ranks, observing certain symmetries. > Exhibition games from the years 2004-2007, during the Mainz chess > festivals, indicated that human grandmasters seemed to do easier > against bots in Chess960 compared with normal chess. >
This could be due to normal chess's gigantic opening book.
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