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ASFC (chess with indefinite starting positions) engine tournament. Time control 180 minutes + 20 seconds per move. Stockfish 8.9 | * | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | +9 | 69% | 1 Stockfish 8 | 5 | * | 10 | 11 | 26 | +2 | 54% | 2 Strong Engine Y | 5 | 6 | * | 9 | 20 | -4 | 42% | 3 Strong Engine X | 5 | 5 | 7 | ...

Almost all Chess960 starting positions are clear drawish in advance from my experience, because of black and white pieces have same arrangement, and advanced chess tournaments with this positions tend to be draw.

I am talking about advanced chess games and engines games with long time control, not human games.

In the general opinion of many chess analysts, classic chess starting position is drawish with a large margin, moreover, results of high level correspondence chess tournaments prove it. The question arises, does every initial starting position have a clear assessment? And what makes the classic posi...