Rich Hutnik wrote on Tue, Jun 17, 2008 01:54 AM UTC:
frozen, I wanted to comment here on what I have said.
I am not trying to argue that designers don't play their variants, just am saying that proposed ideas need to be played before a larger audience to see how well they work. Again, more playing by larger numbers, and less merely posting ideas. To this end, I suggest games be broken down to variant elements and people try to 'roll their own'. Maybe in this, the evolutionary path of chess can not be blocked.