Bobby Fisher famously said that chess was ruined by the overdevelopment of opening theory.
He said that preparation and memorization was more important than talent. Fisher created random chess (now called chess960) to increase the value of creativity.

But technology not available in Fisher's time has allowed the development of a new game: MidGameChess. It maximizes creativity so that the game often ends in a win or loss instead of a draw.

In a MidGameChess game the opening is entirely eliminated.
Play starts with a middle game position from a collection of 1 million!
The position is a Completely New Game - arrived at by a sequence of moves not in the database.

Set up your board and play the same game twice.
Once as black, then as white.

Test your middle game ability in the Puzzle page.
Try to find the best move.
Then follow the 3 best lines according to Stockfish.

Clubs are encouraged to use MidGameChess in innovative ways.
For example, championships could use the same board position for all players. Or the Puzzle page could be used for instructional purposes.

With enough support MidGameChess could replace chess960 as a game worthy of a World Championship. Fisher would have loved it!