Playing with Tigers

Chess Tigers vs the Rest of the World

The Chess Classic in Mainz is propagating "Chess960". This is basically "Fischer Random Chess", a version of the game which the ex world champion, disgusted with the "bland and unimaginative chess played at tournaments", want to make the norm. In Fischer's version the pieces behind the pawn rows are randomly shuffled, making all openings theory obsolete. Instead of theory you need creativity.

During the Chess Classic in August there is a plan to create a world Chess960 organisation and nominate the winner of the Chess960 tournament between Peter Leko and Peter Svidler the first Chess960 World Champion.

The Internet game Chess Tigers vs the Rest of the World is the first-ever internet game of Chess960. Every day a pair of moves is played. All Internet users are eligible to take part, but players are entitled to cast only one vote per move. You can follow the advice of

• SGM Vishy Anand
• GM Rustem Dautov
• GM Artur Yussupov
• SGM Vladimir Kramnik (who will jump in later in the game)
  

Here are the links to background information and the Internet Chess960 match:

• Judit Polgar challenges Vishy Anand. The Mainz Chess Classic 2003
• Bobby Fischer to play in Mainz? Report on Chess960
• The Chess Classic 2003 home page (click "English" on the right)
• The Chess960 Internet match: click Contact/moves - Mike Rosa to submit your move; click Game at the top to see the current position in the game.