Shall We Play Fischerandom Chess?; Author: Gligoric, Svetozar; Paperback

Author: Gligoric, Svetozar
Paperback; 130 Illustrations
141 pages
Published: August 2002
Chrysalis Books
ISBN: 071348764X

-- Describes the rules and game selections-- Discusses the problems facing chess today with observations from contemporary players, journalists, and organizersComputers have greatly accelerated the pace of chess, with many games effectively starting on move 20 or more. To side-step the effect of computers on the game, champion Bobby Fischer has devised a form of chess in which theinitial starting position of the pieces is randomly changed before each game. Mush thought and practical experimentation has gone into the formulation of Fischerandom in order to retain all the essential qualities of the game.First ever book on Fischerandom - the version of chess devised by Bobby Fischer: the initial starting position of the pieces is randomly changed before each game. First ever book on Fischerandom - the version of chess devised by Bobby Fischer: the initial starting position of the pieces is randomly changed before each game.Much thought and practical experimentation have gone into the formulation of the new rules of Fischerandom, in order to retain all the essential qualities of the classical form of chess. This book also discusses the problems faced by the game today.