Fighting for the center is important in all forms of chess.
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.