The game variant has no pawns, and no empty squares at the start of the game. Each line has a random permutation of the set: 2 knights, 2 bishops, 2 rooks, 2 royal pieces.
Here is the starting position generator:
https://nikita-babich.github.io/heavy-chess3/
To challenge me a person has to have 100 Yes shares. To challenge me again the person has to have 200 Yes shares, and so on. Having x*100 shares allows playing x'th attempt for the person.
After the person has bought the shares and notified me, we will agree on date/time, and will play with 1+20 time control (1minute, +20 seconds every move). Color of the pieces is defined randomly.
Resolves No if nobody defeats me before closure.
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I think elo matters a lot for this actually. All the best Chess960 players, for example, are top superGMs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess960_Championship
This is definitely a lot more weird and less chess-like that Chess960, but I think probably strategy and tactics are both still very important.
I do not have official rating in normal chess.
~2200 in lichess puzzles, ~1850 in lichess rapid.
I have got a second place in rapid over the board in an amateur tornament in my town, hosted by a library last year.
Yes.
Having 700 guarantees 7 attempts total. If, for example, you sell your position and then decide to play the 8th, you would have to buy and have 800 shares.
Having the shares and not selling them allows cheaper further attempts.