Simultaneous Chess vs Freestyle Chess

Simultaneous chess is an exhibition format in which one strong player, commonly a master or grandmaster, plays separate games against several opponents at the same time. The exhibitor normally moves from board to board, making a move on each board before returning to the next, while the opponents think between visits. The format tests calculation, memory, time management, and the ability to adapt...

Freestyle Chess is a term used for modern chess played from nonstandard starting positions, especially Chess960, also called Fischer Random Chess. In this variant, the back-rank pieces begin in one of 960 legal arrangements, while the usual movement rules remain in force and the king starts between the rooks. Because the initial position changes, opening memorization has a smaller role than in sta...