1. f2f4 Is this the best first move $2 It's not clear. It is difficult to evaluate positions or make move judgments before the position becomes something that resembles conventional chess. But that's what I like about Chess960: the beauty of discovery. I like to start Chess960 games with moves that free my bishop or my queen, so 1.f4, 1.e4 and 1.c4 seem like good moves to me here. I used this initial first-move strategy to win one of the most important (and also the last) titles of my career: Fischer Random (as this variant is called there) Icelandic Champion, in 2019. How a Brazilian chess player, who doesn't live in Iceland, can achieve such distinction, is a bit of a long story to tell in this short space. 1... c7c6 The famous Caro-Kann move strikes again. 2. g2g3  2... f7f5 It's natural to gain space and open the path for the g8-bishop. 3. e1f3  3... d8b6  4. c2c3 [%c_effect c3;square;c3;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] Opening both the queen and the bishop. 4... b6g1  5. h1g1  5... e8d6  6. d2d3 This move seems unconvincing. 6... b7b5 [%c_effect b5;square;b5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] Gaining space on the queenside and opening the path for the queen to go to b6. 7. e2e4 Fighting for the center is important in all forms of chess. 7... f5e4  8. d3e4  8... b8b6  9. f1d2  9... g7g5 [%c_effect g5;square;g5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] A very nice move $1 I'm not sure if it's the best, but it's surprising and fun. 10. f4g5 Of course the pawn cannot be taken with the knight, since the g1-rook would hang en prise. 10... f8e6 The knight cannot be disturbed now by the move f4-f5. Black prepares Bf7-g6 or Bf7-h5. 11. g1e1  11... g8f7  12. d1b3 An interesting position for the understanding of castling in Chess960. Here Black can play \"super short castle\" or \"super long castle\" but those are played in the opposite direction from the usual. 12... c8h8 Carlsen decides for the super long castle, probably in order to use the f-file for the rook, or maybe because it's much more fun to execute. 13. b1c2  13... a7a5 [%c_effect a5;square;a5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] Preparing a5-a4. Until now, superb play by Black. 14. e4e5 [%c_effect e5;square;e5;type;Mistake;persistent;true] This is nearly losing, as it opens the important b1-h7 diagonal for Black's bishop. It's better to give the bishop a way back with 14.a3 or 14.a4. 14... f7g6 [%c_effect g6;square;g6;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] I wonder if Gukesh missed this move. 15. b3e6  15... d7e6  16. c2b3  16... d6b7 [%c_effect b7;square;b7;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] The knight is heading to c5 and White's situation is desperate. 17. b3e6 