I think chess needs to be updated

   There are a lot of variants already  and speed chess in all forms and plenty of sites that support them.

    People don't want a variant , they want to make even chess a variant because it's too difficult to understand it as it is. They want to see the world champion blundering like them in world championship matches. That is what will make them happy.He is too good for us so instead of trying to stuyd and be better , the only other solution we can find is make him play worst.

     It's like saying Messi , "don't wear shoes you are too good with them , play barefoot". It's like saying Usain Bolt "don't wear shows , you are too fast with them , run barefoot". That is an abolute nonsense in every sport but not in chess. In chess we want to say Carlsen , "don't think too much , you are too good , think less".

   And it is supposed to be a game that attracts the clever. I seriously doubt that!

No, we don't need mickey mouse variants... but a little faster for classical would be good.

Main argument against serious change... we could no longer compare modern GMs with like of Capablanca or Morphy, even Greco.

   There are a lot of variants already  and speed chess in all forms and plenty of sites that support them.

    People don't want a variant , they want to make even chess a variant because it's too difficult to understand it as it is. They want to see the world champion blundering like them in world championship matches. That is what will make them happy.He is too good for us so instead of trying to stuyd and be better , the only other solution we can find is make him play worst.

     It's like saying Messi , "don't wear shoes you are too good with them , play barefoot". It's like saying Usain Bolt "don't wear shows , you are too fast with them , run barefoot". That is an abolute nonsense in every sport but not in chess. In chess we want to say Carlsen , "don't think too much , you are too good , think less".

   And it is supposed to be a game that attracts the clever. I seriously doubt that!

Chess has evolved over a span of about 2300 years. The game was not always the “packaged game”
that it is today. Its origins are traceable to Indian ashtapada boards commonly used among diceplaying games of that time. This game spread from culture to culture via several different means,
periodically undergoing revision. Most chess players are aware of the radical reforms that shaped
the game of chess during the Medieval Era, but probably only a few players are aware of the
changes proposed by former World Champion José Raoul Capablanca in the 1920s. There's no reason why an 80-square extended version could not be the next logical step in its "evolutionary stage."

Chess has evolved over a span of about 2300 years. The game was not always the “packaged game”
that it is today. Its origins are traceable to Indian ashtapada boards commonly used among diceplaying games of that time. This game spread from culture to culture via several different means,
periodically undergoing revision. Most chess players are aware of the radical reforms that shaped
the game of chess during the Medieval Era, but probably only a few players are aware of the
changes proposed by former World Champion José Raoul Capablanca in the 1920s. There's no reason why an 80-square extended version could not be the next logical step in its "evolutionary stage."

Yeah, but not talking about a replacement... SuperChess would be a different game.

Can you imagine some of the crazy positions? 

Chess originally had Bishops that could only take 2 steps. The Queen was one of the weakest pieces on the board. The king could not castle. There was no en passant. The rules change by general consensus, not by one, two, or even 1000 people say. Even in Capablanca's day, chess at the topmost level was heading towards a vast majority of draws. As time goes on, the "theory" trickles down. Chess has suffered a bit from its own popularity. It will eventually change, again. And it probably won't be the last time either.

If that was true, the last World Chess Championship would not have ended with 12 draws in the regulation time control.