Ep. 14: Oliver's Back

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Real Chess Corner

Chess960 (Fischer Random): Created by former World Champion Bobby Fischer in 1996. The pawns start as normal, but the back-row pieces are shuffled, with two rules: the bishops go on opposite colours, and the king starts between the rooks. That gives 960 possible starting positions - and nobody can just memorise the opening.

Fun fact: Normal chess is one of the 960 - it's start position number 518. The one on page 2 is number 354.

Oliver's gift: It's a replica! The real Lewis chessmen are about 850 years old and live in museums in London and Edinburgh.

A fresh start is good for openings - and for people.

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