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World number-one Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the final classical game to win the inaugural 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge

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Title
Carlsen Beats Caruana To Win Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge
Authors
Colin McGourty (Colin_McGourty)
Published
Feb 16 2024
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212 words

6 comments

  1. [6]
    updawg
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    “Freestyle chess” is a new name for the variant where the back rank pieces are placed randomly, so as to make the game more a test of skill and imagination than memory of book openings.

    6 votes
    1. [5]
      DFGdanger
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      Seems really confusing to refer to a Freestyle game as "classical" because of the time control...

      Seems really confusing to refer to a Freestyle game as "classical" because of the time control...

      2 votes
      1. [4]
        ra314
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        What else would you call it? Classical is the name of the time control. I feel like the general name would be (name of variant) + (name of time control).

        What else would you call it? Classical is the name of the time control. I feel like the general name would be (name of variant) + (name of time control).

        5 votes
        1. [3]
          DFGdanger
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          Sure, that sounds fine. What's the no-variant name? Part of the problem was I didn't know Freestyle was a variant name, and it was specified in the name of the tournament, not next to the...

          Sure, that sounds fine. What's the no-variant name?

          Part of the problem was I didn't know Freestyle was a variant name, and it was specified in the name of the tournament, not next to the description of the game. And part is that the particular name of the time control also sounds like a way to say "no variants" (though I did know what it meant).

          1 vote
          1. [2]
            alf
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            "Freestyle chess" is the same as chess960 and Fischer Random Chess. chess960 is what people usually call it to avoid mentioning its creator Bobby Fischer. That's the first time I've seen it called...

            "Freestyle chess" is the same as chess960 and Fischer Random Chess. chess960 is what people usually call it to avoid mentioning its creator Bobby Fischer. That's the first time I've seen it called "Freestyle", I guess I'm just misinformed.

            3 votes
            1. DFGdanger
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              Yeah, I had heard of 960. Apparently this event coined the new name.

              Yeah, I had heard of 960. Apparently this event coined the new name.

              2 votes