JT K wrote on Fri, Feb 3, 2017 06:45 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
Kevin, you raise a good point about book sales, etc., but as for the "one year per setup" idea, I think Fischer's original plan was to avoid the opening theory discussion altogether. If everyone studied one particular random setup for a year, I'll bet White's advantage would be exploited even moreso than it is in the standard setup.
With a random setup, determined just before the game starts, you can just look at a random position between two players and enjoy the actual battle of minds in that moment. The match would be 100% performance-based, instead of being so preparation-based.
Kevin, you raise a good point about book sales, etc., but as for the "one year per setup" idea, I think Fischer's original plan was to avoid the opening theory discussion altogether. If everyone studied one particular random setup for a year, I'll bet White's advantage would be exploited even moreso than it is in the standard setup.
With a random setup, determined just before the game starts, you can just look at a random position between two players and enjoy the actual battle of minds in that moment. The match would be 100% performance-based, instead of being so preparation-based.