Chess960

I’ve been playing chess with my son recently. A well known variant of chess is Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess. I wanted to have a generator on my own website to use to generate starting positions by number. Previously I wrote a small python script to do this, so I decided to convert it to Javascript using google gemini and embed it here.

slight difference in rules

The rules are the same as regular chess, except for the rules for castling. For details I would recommend reading the wiki article, but the short summary is that the pieces end up in the same position as they end up in regular chess.

why play this and not normal chess?

Bobby Fisher created this system to remove the advantage of experienced players that usually know a few of the opening moves by heart. It promotes strategic thinking and improvisation.