Invented by: Maxwell Lawrence, 1978
Difference to standard chess: The placement of the pieces on the first rank is randomized, with the one restriction that the bishops be on opposite-coloured squares. There is no castling.
There are 8,294,400 total starting positions in total at the beginning of Transcendental Chess.
There is a 1-in-2,880 chance that both sides will draw the same setup.