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He does briefly address this as complicated for beginners to enter (which is true). Given that no-castling actually makes the game simpler, its worthwhile to co
by xkjkls 7y ago
He does briefly address this as complicated for beginners to enter (which is true). Given that no-castling actually makes the game simpler, its worthwhile to consider it as an alternative.
- mindgam3 7y agoSure, if you're pitching this as "a simpler way to learn chess", I can get behind that. Anything to make chess accessible to more people is great in my book. But he's selling it as a way to save late-stage classical chess from the era of boring draws and endless opening theory. We already have a better solution for that in Chess960.
- xkjkls 7y agoPart of any games popularity is to have an exciting competitive scene and also have easy entrance for new players. Chess960 solves one of those, no-castling seems like a better solution on both fronts.