ARONIAN BEATS SWIDLER AT CHESS 960 CHAMPIONSHIP

Armenpress

YEREVAN, AUGUST 18, ARMENPRESS: Armenian grand master Levon Aronian
beat his Russian rival Pyoter Swidler in two rounds of the "Chess 960"
World Championship conducted in German town of Mainz.

Chess 960 (originally called Fischer Random Chess) is a chess variant
created by grandmaster Bobby Fischer (who was world chess champion
from 1972 until 1975). It was originally announced on June 19, 1996,
in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fischer’s goal was to create a chess
variant in which chess creativity and talent would be more important
than memorization and analysis of opening moves.

His approach was to create a randomized initial chess position,
which would thus make memorizing chess opening move sequences far
less helpful. The championship consists of 8 rounds, the next two
ones will be conducted today.