Dear Danny Rensch, Let's Break Chess

Chess has found new engagement through streamers and online play, while stands in controversy with cheating and historically has failed to paid the bills, even for many titled players. Danny and to those listening, there is a remedy to all of the shortcomings and a way to press for further advantage in the current meta of chess revenue. We need to incorporate team chess, where multiple players operate the same side of the board. 

From a technical perspective, it would allow players to legitimately punch above their weight class, potentially beating very strong opponents. The teams should not be excessively large, maybe just 3 players, but certainly an odd number for the sake of voting on moves. In Magnus vs. the World, Hikaru Nakamura, Judit Polgar, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave offered high level suggestions which were ultimately squandered by poor votes from viewers. Teams should still play other teams within a reasonable ELO, but in general, it could allow for a lot more variety in games. Players could take bigger risks thanks to computational support, and feel more confident in decisions. Seconds at tournaments have been instrumental in the history of chess, and to boot, even opposing Grandmasters often discuss in depth after games how to make improvements. Clearly there is a human desire to reach resonance and communicate, but 1v1 chess simply does not allow it. Let's create 3v3 team chess with online chat features for the team to discuss moves and vote in the case of ties. Better yet, let's build a super team of Magnus, Hikaru, and Danny that could challenge strong computer bots in legitimate fair play.  

For a financial incentive, rather than for each player to need to possess marketing, charisma, business acumen, high level talent, support from the fanbase, and more, why shouldn't we create teams that can bring their skillsets together and thrive as a group? I don't mean to say we should put scrubs and Grandmasters on the same team simply for business sake, but I do mean the advantage could be to put the quiet World Champion and Chess.com puzzles genius Ding Liren with the wit of Alexander Grischuk.  

Overall, I find it critical to capitalize on this idea because it means streamers could play with viewers and defeat other streamers. It min-maxes on the current best move of leveraging content creation and interacting with celebrities.