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This style is thought to reduce advantages resulting from memorizing opening positions.
'''Fischer Random Chess''', also known as Chess960 due to the 960 different possible opening positions, is an officially recognized style of [[chess]] invented by [[Bobby Fischer]], in which the game begins with a somewhat random positioning of the pieces on the board.

The World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019 features the top players worldwide, playing for improvement in their chess rankings an a prize of $375,000 (USD).<ref>https://www.chess.com/news/view/chess-com-announces-fide-world-fischer-random-chess-championship</ref>

This style is thought to reduce advantages resulting from memorizing opening positions.
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