Consider a simple chess variation in which the initial position is altered by removing both queens. This could be easily incorporated into orthodox chess by some some initial knight maneuvers.
Inspired by the Ruy Lopez Berlin endgame.
In popularizing the Berlin Defense, showing it can withstand Kasparov, probably the greatest of all time (in opening theory, at least) under championship match conditions, Vladimir Kramnik may go down in history as one of the greatest influences (for better or worse) that shaped how the chess opening is played.
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