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Most "theoretic" chess varian

Hello. There's one variant like this on lichess already. It's atomic chess. It even has it's theoreticians team. Besides atomic. What other chess variants are this theory heavy?
Antichess, more than most players of it realize. Memorization and long tactical lines are a big part of it, but at the same time, there is a positional theory to the whole thing. Unlike atomic, the theory is a bit more subtle; once you've memorized some openings and can avoid basic blunders it's interesting to see how all of the different strategic themes of FIDE chess play into it.
The problem of antichess that it has been practically solved. The low number of legal moves and forcing sequences made it possible to create an almost complete opening book by computer analysis, so there is very little to explore in antichess. The ideal play is just mechanically following the sequences found in the opening book.

Atomic is very different. First, atomic chess is very deep, its endgames are very subtle. Also there is not a really strong atomic engine which is stable ( Atomkraft which is a modification of Stockfish is strong but not stable, all other engines are quite weak ) so there is no reliable computer analysis. In fact atomic chess is the farthest from being solved by computers of all variants, it is very rich and there is room for creativity in it.
@casualr: I agree, the openings are boring, and fairly forced lines. Once you get past them though, the game gets interesting. The main issue with Antichess at this site is that most of the top rated players prefer 1+0 or 2+0 time controls. This prevents in-depth analysis of the endgame, which is what I think is the best part of Antichess.
#4 same problem with atomic chess and 3check. I cant que a game of 15 0 or more.

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