Back rank is randomly determined, but on the first turn, a player can exchange two pieces.
Transcendental Chess is a shuffle variant, such as
How to play Transcendental Chess Chess
Starting Position
The home-rank is shuffled for both sets of pieces, the only condition being that the Bishops must start on different color squares.
One of 8,294,400 possible setups after a the initial randomised shuffle.
Board is interactive - make a move
The moves of the pieces remains the same as Standard ChessPawn promotion rules remains the same as Standard ChessCastling is not pemitted in Transcendental ChessEn passant rules remains the same as Standard ChessCheck and Checkmate rules remain the same as Standard ChessStalemate conditions remain the same as Standard ChessDraw conditions remain the same as Standard ChessWinning conditions remain the same as Standard Chess