Topalov, also raised the possibility that today's version of chess could give way to "Fischer Random Chess" - invented by former champion Bobby Fischer - which sets back-row pieces randomly to narrow the importance of rehearsed openings.
Random chess will take off, Topalov said, "when the chess we play now is
exhausted from computers and [knowledge of] openings and everything will be [fore]seen.
It will not happen next year."
Although Topalov has never tried Fischer's version of chess, he said that it
"makes sense" and he would happily play the US grandmaster at his own game.
Topalov's positive comments on Fischer Random Chess could be a ploy to sway
Bobby Fischer out of retirement for a match that would certainly gain world wide
attention.
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Also see: Topalov Takes the Crown - 2005
Also see: Audio - Bobby Fischer himself on Fischer Random Chess