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Fischer Random Chess. Play from a random setup. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
David A. Wheeler wrote on Fri, Jul 25, 2003 05:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★
A clarification: in Fischer Random Chess, the kings and castling rook are <i>not</i> allowed to jump over any pieces except each other. I've talked with Eric van Reem about this, and he did <i>not</i> intend to allow piece jumping, though I think you could easily read his rules and think that piece jumping is allowed (and the chessvariants page is baed on van Reem's rules). In other words, the rules of FullChess are a correct (and a better stated version) of the Fischer Random Chess rules. For more information, along with a nice simple explanation of the rules, <a href='http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/Fischer_Random_Chess.html'>see this page on Fischer Random Chess</a>. I suggest that this chessvariants page be updated to give clearer rules that forbid jumping during castling, since it appears that its promulgators don't intend to allow piece jumping during castling at all.