New Variant: Change side chess

I just invented a new variant of chess when I'm showering. It is called change side chess. The game starts off as usual, but at move 30, both players switch sides.

Why does it work?

This variant contains a lot of strategy because there are two ways to win:

1. Checkmate the other player in 30 moves, which is not impossible or hard!

2. Make your position as terrible as possible in 30 moves without getting checkmated, and then switch sides and win the game.

woahhh, deep thoughts

exactly, i hope chess.com put this into the game.

I think the majority of games end before move 30.

I don't think so

or maybe every 15 movs you switch sides? that would be nice

moves*

this is actually a great idea!

I would mean people would play very agressivly to win in 30(or 15) or blunder a minor peice or 2 and try to hold on

Maybe it's closer to 50%

meh in my level, they go longer but I guess there might be short games in different rating pools

would be good