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 { I was thinking about a variant that would completely remove the white's first move advantage and here is my idea: let the players make the moves simultaneously. In real life this can be done for example by players writing the moves on a piece of paper, then revealing them. Of course we'd have to address conflicting situations such as both players moving their kings so that the new position would be illegal. Perhaps the turn would be successful only if the two moves performed in either order would result in the same, legal position. If the turn was unsuccessful, the attempt at a turn would repeat and let's say after 3 unsuccessful attempts the game would be a draw. ~drummyfish }
 
+{ I got another idea for a chess variant, inspired by [Warcraft 3](warcraft3.md): chess with [races](race.md). It would be an extension of normal chess, in which each player could choose a "race" to play with. Races would differ by the initial setup on the player's side and the default "human" race would just have the traditional chess setup. Other races could be created by giving some kind of advantage for a disadvantage, e.g. having some men already developed for the price of one pawn -- this would probably have to be tuned with help of an engine so that all matchups would be balanced. It would also be possible to add new types of men or special abilities for the new races, but then we'd lose the ability to play this variant with traditional chess engines. ~drummyfish }
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 ## Playing Tips
 
 Some general tips and rules of thumb, mostly for beginners: