John Smith wrote on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 03:03 AM UTC:
I'm not discouraging creativity of Chess variants. The problem is that
everyone has their own solution to the next Chess, many I think
ill-considered. Some of these solutions are bland and inelegant, like the
dreaded Capablancoids, and others are kludgy or with some random new piece.
The remaining variants, while good both in theory and play, may not catch
on.