Even Magnus Carlsen is bored of chess. Having universally defeated his competition at every speed and tournament format, the world champion vacated his title to give someone else a shot. The man has said he "doesn't particularly like it" and is "not motivated to play another match". While maintaining a partial presence on the traditional chess tour, Magnus has been a staunch advocate of Chess960, a randomized chess variant. We are not the world champion, but the same rot affects our games. Have you ever seen chess played as a party game? Even a group of devoted nerds will rarely chug a few beers and play blitz. Let's do better than Magnus. I'll show how we can make chess fun again, two boards at a time. Standard Chess: Quiz Bowl Poker is fun because a bad player can accidentally win for an evening. Chess offers no such mercy. Chess is a perfect information game with a delicious strategic patty sandwiched between two buns of tedious grind. Centuries of analysis have simultaneously…
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