Chess is boring! Let's change the rules

Competitive chess has been boring for the last 120 years!

In the 1800's high level games were much more spectacular. That's what we used to call "romantic chess".

Anderssen would go back to his grave if he were to see what we've done to his beloved game!

But it wasn't our fault... Our game is inherently flawed. Past a certain level you have to forget gambit and attacks and sacrifice. You have to play boring chess. This is what the rules lead to: "The rules of chess don't care about our romanticism".

But what if one small change of rule could make Romantic chess the RIGHT choice?

Let me introduce you to chess 2.0 : Romantic chess

Black king start in front of the white queen. The position is asymetrical.

White can only castle on the right. Black can only castle on the left.

Every game become an opposite side castle.

I've done extensive testing with stockfish this way of playing is both balanced and crazy.

So let's change the rules: You cannot play boring if the right move is the exciting one.

600 elo I see.

Anyone good enough to understand the implication?

1000 elo this time.

Anyone with the level to understand what I'm talking about?

I usually don't care about rating but you clearly don't get what I'm talking about and all its implication. I'm sorry I don't know if I can have this conversation with you.

Chess is a draw. The more you go up in rating the more you realize what it entails. And why spectacular chess is so rare. Chess as we know it is too solid for romantic Ideal.

But the spirit of chess is romantic. If it wasn't every beauty prize wouldn't go to romantic games. At your level you cannot understand that. Too many mistakes to see the difference between strategic chess and romantic chess.

And above all romantic chess work until a certain point.

Thanks for the answer!

That's what I thought at first but you can try putting into stockfish the position I posted above. It clearly state 0.2 and start proposing various attacking plan for both side as top moves.

You cannot put the original position but I will post some classic position you can put in stockfish to see his evaluation.

Some position:

I didn't know that in chaturanga at first it was radially assymetric thanks!

In shogi too it is assymetric. I'm sure it help the game a lot.

@optimissed

- Yes english is not my first language. Thanks. Turn in your grave I see.

- b4 ? Let me try it out. I have to create the whole game until castle before giving it to stockfish.

Even in normal chess b4 is okay so It's probably pretty good here!

I am very good at chinese chess.

It's a very profound game that managed to keep its romantic Ideals. Most competitive games end in a checkmate.

Maybe, maybe

Look at this optimissed:

I tried making some normal moves after b4 the position is completely equal (dynamic equality not dead draw).

The problem is that you cannot play b4 --> e5 --> Bb2 like in regular chess. Because the e5 pawn is protected by the queen here. So you have to play b4 --> b5 (a3 seems like a waste of time)

You cannot change everything at once lol

Well, there already are many chess variants. But this little different chess you invented could also make some games more interesting, that's right.

Armageddon rules seem to have put some excitement back into top-level games. White must win, or else. Black gets less time, but wins with a draw.

It generally forces White to play for some sort of risky imbalances, or else he'll suffer a slow-draw death ...

They both make a short castle on a different side. White short castle on the kingside. Black short castle on the queenside.

I made it so to have more imbalances from the start and make it easy and natural to castle in opposite direction. If you just say: "One side can make long caste and the other short castle" the problem is that it's way easier to short castle.

This is true and it work in shorter time control.

But for classical chess it's very difficult to play with imabalances against an opponent that want a peaceful: "You have to be 2 to play a game"

Chess needs to be a draw with best play. That way the only way for a decisive chess game is for it to be because of human error, which makes it a better game. It is unfair if black plays at 100% accuracy and white also plays at 100% accuracy, but white still wins. It much rather play see two grandmasters draw a ton then know that one of them is doomed to lose no matter how well they play.

Your never change the rules on chess.com or any other site, rules setting concrete for thousands of years, live the game or take up tiddly winks, or jigsaw puzzles!!???

Don't worry in shogi all games are decisive thanks to the rules in place and black win almost as much game as white!

In fact shogi AND this new version of chess are draw too. But not the same kind of draw. They're more like combative draw. With attack everywhere.