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		_delirium on May 23, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sorting Out Chess Endgames Frustration with that was what led Bobby Fischer to propose Fischer Random Chess, which randomizes the starting positions of pieces (within some parameters) to make memorizing opening books infeasible. But it never really caught on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_random_chess

jacquesm on May 23, 2010 [–]

That's a very interesting solution to the problem. I wasn't aware of that, really neat. Thanks!

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