Classification, Statistics and Terminology.
dQB-move/opening : 2-squares pawn's move, opening the diagonal way to the queen and a bishop ; 1.e4 in the standard chess.
vQB-move/opening : 2-squares pawn's move, opening the way to a bishop and the vertical way to the queen ; 1.d4 in the standard chess
dQ-move/opening : 2-squares pawn's move, opening the diagonal way to the queen only; 1.c4 in the standard chess
vQ-move/opening : 2-squares pawn's move, opening the vertical way to the queen only; it doesn't exist in the standard chess
B-move/opening : 2-squares pawn's move, opening the way to a bishop only ; 1.b4 and 1.g4 in the standard chess
B-openings are divided in wB for white-squared bishops and bB for black-squared bishops.
QR-openings : 2-squares rook's pawn move, opening the diagonal way to the queen ; it doesn't exist in the standard chess
dQB-fianchetto : 1-square pawn's move, opening the diagonal way to the queen and a bishop ; 1.e3 in the standard chess.
vQB-fianchetto : 1-square pawn's move, opening the way to a bishop and the vertical way to the queen ; 1.d3 in the standard chess
dQ-fianchetto : 1-square pawn's move, opening the diagonal way to the queen only; 1.c3 in the standard chess
vQ-fianchetto : 1-square pawn's move, opening the vertical way to the queen only; it doesn't exist in the standard chess
B-fianchetto : 1-case pawn's move, opening the way to a bishop only ; 1.b3 and 1.g3 in the standard chess
B-fianchettos are divided in wBf for white-squared bishops and bBf for black-squared bishops.
N denotes knight's openings and Irr stands for all other openings considered as irregular.
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- N 26 times
- bBf 16 times
- wB 15 times
- bB 9 times
- QR 6 times
- dQB 3 times
- dQf 2 times
- vQ and Irr 1 time
and counting
I'll post also my results (Lichess, SF14+, d=22/22), evaluations are basically consistent with results of @scooter_de, but there are more suggested moves. Classification of openings can be found here https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-variants/fischer960-classification-of-openings :
(to be continued)
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New Update, thanks to @scooter_de (SF15, d=35) !
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During this summer I'll start to create opening books for chess960 in the Open Encyclopedia here:
http://finaltheoryofchess.game-server.cc/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page
In about 1 year Northern Knight is planning to publish a book about chess960 openings (analysis with 23 plies and a special non-commercial engine).
Here I use estimations of Sigma chess engine. Fischer's positions are listed by bishops positions + lexicographic order.
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