I wonder if Kramnik has realized his 'mistake' by now, or even cares? In any case if someone here wants to make a Rules Page for No Castling Chess, they can add mention of your 'clear refutation' of it being a true variant H.G. (i.e. that it's a poor opening variation that can arise from FIDE Chess) - that would be one more anecdote for an Introduction or Notes section on such a Rules Page. :) edit2: I'm not sure that we should reject this 'variant' - would we be seen as snobs?
edit: one note about your refutation H.G. - those rook and knight moves by both sides from the FIDE start position would eat into the 50-move rule count, but that's almost guaranteed to be restarted after someone should decide to move a pawn, if it were still FIDE Chess being played. :) Same goes for avoiding/allowing 3-fold repetition early on. :) However, note that it would no longer be possible to make an early agreed draw in the FIDE version, say at move one. :)
I wonder if Kramnik has realized his 'mistake' by now, or even cares? In any case if someone here wants to make a Rules Page for No Castling Chess, they can add mention of your 'clear refutation' of it being a true variant H.G. (i.e. that it's a poor opening variation that can arise from FIDE Chess) - that would be one more anecdote for an Introduction or Notes section on such a Rules Page. :) edit2: I'm not sure that we should reject this 'variant' - would we be seen as snobs?
edit: one note about your refutation H.G. - those rook and knight moves by both sides from the FIDE start position would eat into the 50-move rule count, but that's almost guaranteed to be restarted after someone should decide to move a pawn, if it were still FIDE Chess being played. :) Same goes for avoiding/allowing 3-fold repetition early on. :) However, note that it would no longer be possible to make an early agreed draw in the FIDE version, say at move one. :)