Agreed! I've heard it said that the best parodies are almost as good as the things they parody (and a sign that the comedians in question both love and underst

Agreed! I've heard it said that the best parodies are almost as good as the things they parody (and a sign that the comedians in question both love and understand the thing they are making a parody of). It could be argued that this chess variant is a really good "parody" in that sense, but encoded in the rules of the game itself.