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Chess960 victory

here is a recent Chess960 (also called "Fischer Random Chess") game that I won......note the start position of the pieces.....opening book memorization is sort of minimized in this kind of game!!!

(this variant is called 960 because that is the number of possible start positions!!!!):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960

The random setup forces players to resort to talent and creativity rather than the possibility of obtaining an advantage through the memorization of opening moves.

MLM playing Black


[Date "2011.07.18"]
[White "westinglou"]
[Black "MLMMLM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[TimeControl "1 in 1 days"]
[Termination "MLMMLM won by resignation"]
[Variant "Chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbrkrqbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBRKRQBN w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.e4 e5 2.c3 Ng6 3.f3 Nb6 4.Bc2 f6 5.Nb3 a6 6.Na5 d6 7.Nxb7+ Kd7 8.Qxa6 Bc4 9.Ba4+ Ke7 10.Qa5 Nxa4
11.Qxa4 Be6 12.Nc5 Qf7 13.Nb7 Nf4 14.Nf2 Bxa2 15.c4 Ba7 16.Qxa2 Bxf2 17.Bxf2 Nd3 18.Be3 Nxc1 19.Kxc1 Ra8 20.Qb3 Ra1+
21.Kc2 Rxe1 22.Bf2 Re2 23.Be3 Rxg2 24.Kc3 Rxh2 25.d4 Rh3 26.d5 Qh5 27.Nxd6 cxd6 28.Qb7+ Kf8 29.Qd7 Qxf3 30.Qxd6+ Kf7
31.Qd7+ Re7 32.Qd8 Qxe3+ 33.Kb4 Rb7+ 34.Qb6 Rxb6+ 35.Ka5 Rb8 36.b3 Qxb3 0-1