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Can we have No Capture Chess?

First of all, I can´t but appreciate the work of Alpha Zero team and be thankful to chess.com for making it available. That said, if they put in the effort to extensively test pawns moving always 1 square, which we all knew that can´t possibly add to chess, why not something like pawns capturing anything that gets in the way (one forward, besides the usual one diagonal). Another (worthwhile?) way to modify openings, middle games and endgames (non-castling and 960, for instance, only affect the opening stage) without bending too much. The tactics as well the overall strategy. Static positions are more or less not possible. At first I thought balance is an issue, but nah, black is fine, black has a shot even against slightly stronger players.

Basically 2 player chess but first player to get their King to the middle, deliver 5 checks or mate wins.

the minor for 2 pawns sac attack the back rank what else?

Combination chess-when a piece (not include pawn and king) capture a piece,it combines the power of the two pieces(example:a queen takes a knight becomes a piece that can move like a knight and a queen(amazon),a knight taking a knight is still a knight) additional rule if needed:when pawn capture a piece it becomes that piece(pawn capture bishop is bishop,pawn captures rook is rook and loses the ability to capture diagonally 1 square) another additional rule if needed:kings can combine too

i didn't even know this was possible lol

For example, the game would be much more decisive if started with 20 points. 35 points gives like 10 pawns making the game not decided upon strategy. what do you all think?