I recently played in a tournament where evreyone was requested to play just one 'custom' move They wanted 1.e4 d5 2. e5 An excellent tournament for those studying the Scandinavian. Unfortunately, only about half the games managed it! People just forgot. Tak a look...

http://www.chess.com/tournament/scandanivian-advance-white-must-play-2e5

I can't for the life of me see any reason not to allow custom start position.All the objections which I've seen are paltry.

Steve

@Steve922477  Never trust anybody to do anything that you have to depend on them to do, and you'll rarely be disappointed.

I expected that would be the case Steve, that's why I haven't mentioned it before.  It woule be hard to remember, especially if you have many games going at the same time.  So until they produce a protocol that would pop up after you move and say: "Now remember, you must play Qxd5 on your next move", it will never work.  Come to think of it, that might be easier that what they are trying to do with all the translation woes they currently have.

Copied from another forum, posted there on 03.22.13 about 0530 PST:  http://www.chess.com/forum/view/suggestions/group-protest?lc=1#last_comment

(from) kohai