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==== Random positions ==== {| style="float:right;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" |-valign="top" | {{Chess diagram |tright | |bd|nd|rd|bd|nd|kd|rd|qd |pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl |bl|nl|rl|bl|nl|kl|rl|ql |'''[[Chess960]]''', one of the 960 possible starting positions }} |} * '''[[Fischer Random Chess]]''' (also known as '''Chess960''' and more recently as '''Freestyle Chess'''): The placement of the pieces on the first [[rank (chess)|rank]] is randomized; although there are rules such as the 2 starting Bishops have to be on different colour squares, and the King has to start between the 2 Rooks. The opponent's pieces mirror it. Invented by [[Bobby Fischer]] (1996). * '''[[Transcendental Chess]]''': Similar to [[Chess960]], but the opening white and black positions do not mirror each other.
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