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>>throwu+(OP)
The context in which this happened matters a lot.

There have been tensions between the FIDE organization and top players like Carlsen since the latter have been promoting an alternative chess organization around Freestyle chess (aka Chesss960), which has slightly different rules.

I.e. this is less about "dress code enforcement" and it is more about "Carlsen is fed up with the FIDE organization in general".

>>david-+BL
Chesss960 doesn't have "slightly different rules" than chess, it's a variant where all the pieces are randomnly positioned at the start of each match... It's basically playing a completely different game, and one the FIDE has absolutely zero interest in. Freestyle and FIDE organization are not in competition.

>>oreill+qN1
> Chesss960 doesn't have "slightly different rules" than chess, it's a variant where all the pieces are randomnly positioned at the start of each match

For the 99% people who don't know what it is, I figured than "slightly different rules" was a reasonable summary.

> Freestyle and FIDE organization are not in competition.

You may want to ask yourself why FIDE is acting like they are indeed in competition. Perhaps they see something that you don't? Several top players getting behind Freestyle chess probably has something to do with it.

>>david-+6S1
Given that the starting layout of the pieces and the movement rules of the pieces are the first things memorized by new chess players, that feels more than slightly different, even to this chess novice

>>clhoda+0d2
you could compare it to say, Football, either football, and see that its almost the exact same game.

is there a game thats closer to fisher random than chess? checkers? pokemon the card game?

fisher random has the same pieces that move the same way, and at least half the pieces have same starting position as chess (the pawns)

if you compare to say, duck chess, only the opening of fisher random is different, and i imagine sometimes its the same? in duck chess, the openings, midgames, endgames and tactics are all different, whereas in fisher random, the midgames, endgames, and tactics are the same as in chess. fisher random is a superset of chess, and not by much.

engine chess is still considered chess, and similar to fisher random, the pieces and pawns start in different places than they do in chess