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About a possible setup in Fischer Random Chess
Larry D. Collins Jr. sent me an email, with the following text, that was too
nice (I think) to let go unnoticed to a somewhat wider audience.
Imagine that you're setting down at some cheap, brown, formica folding
table. You look across the plastic roll out board at your nemises,
who has beaten you time and again with his photographic grasp of Batsford's
opening library. You fake confidence and smile because today, you are playing
Fischer random chess...
Who knows what fate has in store...? You get out
your white pieces and a die to begin the setup... But something strange is
happening... Roll after roll; these positions are too familiar! Can it be
possible that the only thing not standard in your army is the Queen on
Black?! Your confidence withers, and you probably hear a soft, deep,
satisfied chuckle across the board.
Today will be more predictable than you had hoped...
Man, that would be disturbing. ;)
Just a thought,
Larry
Text by Larry D. Collins Jr. WWW page fabricated by Hans L. Bodlaender on July
14, 1997.
Last modified: Monday, December 22, 2008
