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===First tournaments=== * 1996 – The first Fischer Random Chess tournament was held in [[Vojvodina]], Yugoslavia, in the spring of 1996, and was won by [[Peter Leko]] with 9½/11, ahead of Stanimir Nikolić with 9/11.<ref>Gligorić (2002), pp. 42–69.</ref> * 2006–present – The first Fischer Random Championships of the Netherlands was held by Fischer Z chess club and has since been held annually. [[Dimitri Reinderman]] has won this title for five years, champion in 2010, 2014, 2015, 2023 en 2024. Two grandmasters have won the title twice, [[Yasser Seirawan]] and [[Dennis de Vreugt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fischerz.nl/nkstats.pdf |title=Results |work=msoworld.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fischerz.nl/ |title=Reykjavik online |website=www.fischerz.nl |language=nl |access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> * 2010 – In 2010 the [[US Chess Federation]] sponsored its first Chess960 tournament, at the Jerry Hanken Memorial US Open tournament in Irvine, California. This one-day event, directed by Damian Nash, saw a first-place tie between [[Larry Kaufman]] and Mark Duckworth,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alchess.com/chess/10/usopen/?page=STANDINGS&xsection=fischer |title=10 U.S. Open |work=alchess.com}}</ref> which Kaufman won on tiebreaks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uschess.org/results/2010/usopen/?page=STANDINGS&xsection=fischer |title=2010 US Open Championship |work=uschess.org}}</ref> * 2012 – The British Chess960 Championship was held at the [[Mind Sports Olympiad]], won by Ankush Khandelwal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msoworld.com/2012-results/ |title=2012 Results |work=msoworld.com}}</ref> * 2018 – The first edition of the European Fischer Random Cup was held in [[Reykjavík]] on March 9, 2018, on Fischer's 75th birthday. It was won by [[Aleksandr Lenderman]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reykjavikopen.com/events/european-fischer-random-cup-2018/ |title=European Fischer Random Cup 2018 (Free day) – GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 – Bobby Fischer Memorial |website=www.reykjavikopen.com |date=October 3, 2017 |access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> * 2019 – The Icelandic Chess Federation organized the European Fischer Random Championship on the rest day of 34th edition of The GAMMA [[Reykjavik Open]] on April 12, 2019. The tournament was won by the then 15-year-old Iranian prodigy [[Alireza Firouzja]], a full point ahead of US's [[Andrew Tang]], who was second on tiebreaks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/reykjavik-open-2019-round-5 |title=Reykjavik Open: Firouzja shines |date=April 13, 2019 |publisher=[[ChessBase]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.frchess.com/news/firouzja-wins-invite |title=Firouzja Wins Invite |date=May 8, 2019 |website=www.frchess.com }}</ref> * 2024 – The [[European Chess Union]] organized the European Blitz, Rapid and Random (Chess960) Championships in [[Skopje]], [[North Macedonia]]. The Chess960 championship, held on December 10, was won by [[Vladimir Fedoseev]], who also won the Rapid championship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-12 |title=Fedoseev and Van Foreest win European Rapid and Blitz Championships |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/fedoseev-and-van-foreest-win-european-rapid-and-blitz-championships |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=[[ChessBase]] |language=en}}</ref>
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