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Fischer Random Chess, or Freestyle Chess, that is the question

I think it is really sad that Placement Chess (A game promoted by GMs Pal Benko and David Bronstein) is not available on chess.com or lichess.org. This game surely was a big influence on Fischer and believe me it is more enjoyable and logical than Fischerrandom. Please send a message to the admins to add this wonderful variant to the lichess server.

I think it is really sad that Placement Chess (A game promoted by GMs Pal Benko and David Bronstein) is not available on chess.com or lichess.org. This game surely was a big influence on Fischer and believe me it is more enjoyable and logical than Fischerrandom. Please send a message to the admins to add this wonderful variant to the lichess server.

It doesn't really seem 'disrespectful'. For a start, chess960 was already probably the most popular name (or at least the one I heard the most), so it's not like everyone was calling it Fischer Random anyway. "Freestyle chess" sounds much cooler and quite frankly is a much better description of what it is than "Fischer Random". To someone who knows little about chess, "Fischer Random" sounds a bit weird. What if you're an 11-year old with little general knowledge and little knowledge about chess history. "Fischer Random" may be misunderstood as "Fisher random", which sounds odd.

Also, does one actually need to honour the inventor? It's not like a brand or product, it's not a trademark TM name - just a variant of a game. Sports and games aren't usually named after people (although there are a few).

It doesn't really seem 'disrespectful'. For a start, chess960 was already probably the most popular name (or at least the one I heard the most), so it's not like everyone was calling it Fischer Random anyway. "Freestyle chess" sounds much cooler and quite frankly is a much better description of what it is than "Fischer Random". To someone who knows little about chess, "Fischer Random" sounds a bit weird. What if you're an 11-year old with little general knowledge and little knowledge about chess history. "Fischer Random" may be misunderstood as "Fisher random", which sounds odd. Also, does one actually need to honour the inventor? It's not like a brand or product, it's not a trademark TM name - just a variant of a game. Sports and games aren't usually named after people (although there are a few).