“We must make changes in the rules of chess to avoid the draw death of the game.” - José Capablanca, World ChampionThe Death of InnovationFor over a hundred years the Fédération Internationale des Échecs has claimed governance over all Chess, yet in that time they've added less meaningful rule changes than accents in their name. This neglect of their duty to develop the sport has led to stagnation of the game not seen since the Shatranj period. Lasting 675 years and ending with “mad buffs” to the Queen, the Chess community has only seen minor changes to stalemate (yawn) and other boring draw-related rules