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Placement Chess960. chess960 with piece placement by players and orthodox castling. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, Apr 9, 2023 07:04 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 02:14 AM:

It definitely is not new enough to warrant a separate article. One difference seems to be that in Basline Chess the setup is not necessarily symmetric. And the castling rule here is slightly different. I don't consider the latter an improvement. (But the name Placement Chess 960 is.)