Apr. 22, 2019, 06:00 AM OSLO, Norway, April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The World Fischer Random Chess Championship is now officially recognized by FIDE and will start on Chess.com.

Fischer Random Chess—also known as Chess960 in reference to the number of possible starting position lineups—had been in the works for a few years, but the timing following Deep Blue’s ...

In his final years, Fischer railed against the chess establishment, alleging that the outcomes of many top-level chess matches were decided in advance. Instead, he championed his concept of random ...

The game is played under classical chess rules, with players aiming for either checkmate or to win when their opponent runs out of time. Unlike Fischer Random Chess, the back row setup remains the ...

Fischer unveiled the new chess at a 1996 press conference in Buenos Aires. The idea was simple: With so many possible starting positions, Chess960 -- or "Fischer Random Chess" -- takes rote ...

Fischer renounced his U.S. citizenship and spent nine months in custody before the dispute was resolved when Iceland — a chess-mad nation of 300,000 — granted him citizenship.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – “Chess,” Bobby Fischer once said, “is life.” It was the chess master’s tragedy that the messy details of his life often overshadowed the sublime genius of his game ...

Fischer has occasionally dropped into some of Tokyo’s chess clubs, autographing a board for one group, according to a Japanese newspaper. He reportedly spends most of his time playing random ...