During the St Louis 960 chess event recently, the commentators were suggesting that removing some of the more "ugly" chess 960 starting positions (as determined by polling) plus the standard position and standard w/ K&Q reversed would increase interest in the game while retaining hundreds of starting positions (I think they suggested 300's or more would be retained).
As a regular 960 player I think they are right on both counts, and that having this as an option (maybe a checkbox on the regular 960 create game screen) would improve the game in the eyes of most players, and thereby increase the player base and enjoyment of the game overall.
A related idea perhaps too out there to have its own thread would be to have the same as above with different 960 starting positions for each side, again with polling (and perhaps running stockfish on the starting position to reduce unfair advantage) to retain only the positions that people find enjoyable.
As a regular 960 player I think they are right on both counts, and that having this as an option (maybe a checkbox on the regular 960 create game screen) would improve the game in the eyes of most players, and thereby increase the player base and enjoyment of the game overall.
A related idea perhaps too out there to have its own thread would be to have the same as above with different 960 starting positions for each side, again with polling (and perhaps running stockfish on the starting position to reduce unfair advantage) to retain only the positions that people find enjoyable.
