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Subject: Re: Chess960 ?

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 22:49:26 08/12/05

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On August 13, 2005 at 00:09:49, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On August 13, 2005 at 00:04:31, David H. McClain wrote:
>
>>On August 12, 2005 at 23:43:44, Earl Fuller wrote:
>>
>>>Hey, haven't been on for awhile and i'm not quite sure what is meant by
>>>Chess960. Would someone explain what that is !
>>>Thanks,
>>>earl
>>
>>Earl,
>>
>>Chess960 is like driving a car with square wheels........
>
>
>No Chess960 is like driving the future's car which will be a flying car. But you
>can't see too far into the future.
>
>Jorge

There will be another evolution in chess, but 960 isn't it. But it may help
drive new developments in the classical version.

960 or FRC is an aberration of chess, a mutation of chess, but it itself won't
replace, become the future of chess, but a catalyst towards a new classic game.

Terry



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