Mind Sports Olympiad; 21st - 30th August, 2010

[John Upham]

http://boardability.com/

is on the 21st - 30th August, 2010 at the Soho Theatre, London, England.

[David Sedgwick]

The event includes a Chess960 tournament on Tuesday 24th August.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

The event includes a Chess960 tournament on Tuesday 24th August.

I've been reading about that, and I'd quite like to try that form of chess. I'm slightly worried that I might not remember how to castle though...

[Kevin Thurlow]

The event includes a Chess960 tournament on Tuesday 24th August.

I've been reading about that, and I'd quite like to try that form of chess. I'm slightly worried that I might not remember how to castle though...

Move the king to its normal destination square (but nearer to you if necessary, e.g. the rook is in the way), then move the rook to its normal destination square, and adjust the king. Usual rules about king and appropriate rook must not have moved apply, and there can't be anything in the way etc.

So if you have R on e1 and g1, and K on f1, you castle queenside by moving the K to c1, and the e1 R to d1. (In this case you can still castle if there are pieces on a1 and b1.) Castle kingside by putting K on g0, move g1 R to f1, then put K on g1.

I had one game where the rooks where on a1 and f1, and the king was on b1, so castles Kingside was Kb1-g1.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

The event includes a Chess960 tournament on Tuesday 24th August.

I've been reading about that, and I'd quite like to try that form of chess. I'm slightly worried that I might not remember how to castle though...

Move the king to its normal destination square (but nearer to you if necessary, e.g. the rook is in the way), then move the rook to its normal destination square, and adjust the king. Usual rules about king and appropriate rook must not have moved apply, and there can't be anything in the way etc.

So if you have R on e1 and g1, and K on f1, you castle queenside by moving the K to c1, and the e1 R to d1. (In this case you can still castle if there are pieces on a1 and b1.) Castle kingside by putting K on g0, move g1 R to f1, then put K on g1.

I had one game where the rooks where on a1 and f1, and the king was on b1, so castles Kingside was Kb1-g1.

Yeah, but it would be so embarrassing if your opponent said you had castled wrongly. You'd feel such an idiot! Almost as bad as if you objected to your opponent's castling and turned out to be wrong.

I noticed a thread elsewhere about some weird variant ("Future Chess") where the king has an extra sanctuary square in the corner. That looks interesting as well, but I don't think it will catch on.

[David Sedgwick]

Yeah, but it would be so embarrassing if your opponent said you had castled wrongly. You'd feel such an idiot! Almost as bad as if you objected to your opponent's castling and turned out to be wrong.

At the MSO, that sort of thing happens quite a lot. We often play games with which most players are previously unfamiliar and illegal moves are common. It's much less embarrassing than you fear.

That's one reason why I thought the MSO would be a good place to have a Chess960 event.

[Justin Hadi]

I might play in the blitz (or rapidplay) event if there is one this year but the timetable doesn't have any details of what time controls are being played. Does anyone here have more information? According to the timetable the chess event is happening tomorrow at 10:30 and 14:30.

Cheers,
Justin