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.