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The Beginnings of a Chess 960 Opening Theory

I saw this blog a long time ago, and I'm thinking of analyzing these unpopular moves and expressing my opinion on them in my next blog. I've already collected some important data on the positions and plan to finish the blog by the end of the month.

When I first saw it, I thought it was nothing interesting: e4, d4, c4, f4, c3, f3, b3, b4, g3, g4 – these are moves that fight for space or try to open up a diagonal for the bishop. They're obviously necessary and better.

As for knight moves from the edge of the board, I wouldn't analyze them – it's pointless. You could say they pass the turn or prophylactically protect the edge pawn, but there's nothing special about that. In my blogs, I discussed the potential of this knight, saying it can instantly advance to a5/h5 to attack weak pawns.
After reviewing moves e4, d4, c4, etc. I found positions where, according to your stockfish, these "best moves" don't open the bishop's diagonal or even close it. We're talking about bishops on the edges of the board and both bishops in one corner. I focused on these positions because they don't follow the basic plan: open the bishops' diagonals from the very first moves; I found this interesting, and that's what I'll be reviewing.

I saw this blog a long time ago, and I'm thinking of analyzing these unpopular moves and expressing my opinion on them in my next blog. I've already collected some important data on the positions and plan to finish the blog by the end of the month. When I first saw it, I thought it was nothing interesting: e4, d4, c4, f4, c3, f3, b3, b4, g3, g4 – these are moves that fight for space or try to open up a diagonal for the bishop. They're obviously necessary and better. As for knight moves from the edge of the board, I wouldn't analyze them – it's pointless. You could say they pass the turn or prophylactically protect the edge pawn, but there's nothing special about that. In my blogs, I discussed the potential of this knight, saying it can instantly advance to a5/h5 to attack weak pawns. After reviewing moves e4, d4, c4, etc. I found positions where, according to your stockfish, these "best moves" don't open the bishop's diagonal or even close it. We're talking about bishops on the edges of the board and both bishops in one corner. I focused on these positions because they don't follow the basic plan: open the bishops' diagonals from the very first moves; I found this interesting, and that's what I'll be reviewing.

Thanks for reading! I would be very interested to see a post about that. In my opinion it would also be fascinating to look at positions where castling on move one is allowed and considered "best" or when the engine wants to push a4 or h4 on move one.

Thanks for reading! I would be very interested to see a post about that. In my opinion it would also be fascinating to look at positions where castling on move one is allowed and considered "best" or when the engine wants to push a4 or h4 on move one.

Yes, I'm already preparing studios on these topics.
I thought it would be interesting to analyze castling separately. I've found patterns where castling is bad. But I'm more interested in how difficult it is to play this, because my "dry information" will be less useful without reinforcement.

I'm also adding studios with moves a4, h4, but I decided to refrain from discussing positions where the bishop is in the opposite corner of the board, facing the black king. I believe it's unnecessary to talk about this when justiniano565 has already covered it.

P.s. I forgot to add, on the topic: how easy it is to play a position by making the best move. Most of the moves I've looked at have a low winning percentage (30-45% for White), which suggests that these moves are difficult to understand and implement. Generally, it's the opening bishop moves or the e4, d4 moves that have a higher winning percentage, and this is not limited to these specific positions.

Yes, I'm already preparing studios on these topics. I thought it would be interesting to analyze castling separately. I've found patterns where castling is bad. But I'm more interested in how difficult it is to play this, because my "dry information" will be less useful without reinforcement. I'm also adding studios with moves a4, h4, but I decided to refrain from discussing positions where the bishop is in the opposite corner of the board, facing the black king. I believe it's unnecessary to talk about this when justiniano565 has already covered it. P.s. I forgot to add, on the topic: how easy it is to play a position by making the best move. Most of the moves I've looked at have a low winning percentage (30-45% for White), which suggests that these moves are difficult to understand and implement. Generally, it's the opening bishop moves or the e4, d4 moves that have a higher winning percentage, and this is not limited to these specific positions.
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