ET is afraid to lose (Loop Chess - show rules)
Mr. ET made a chess variant called Gothic Chess. Predecessors of this variant were created by the Englishman Henry Bird (in 1874), and the Cuban grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca (1888-1942). Mr. ET modified the Capablanca chess initial setup and changed the positions of two pieces: the archbishop and the chancellor.

I publicly challenged Mr. ET to join this tournament and face all players in all chess variants, including those variants for which there is no computer programs. Mr. ET refused to play because he was afraid of losing games and having his ratings go down. At the present he only plays two chess variants for which there is computer programs to help the player.
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Match type: Normal game
Tournament type (?): two games (switched colors) for each two players
Membership level:     
Minimum number of players: 4
Maximum number of players: unlimited
Maximum number of players per section: 6
Final match type for two player section: 3 wins match
Time control (?): 2 days, standard vacation
Player rating: 100 <= BKR <= 4000
Unrated players: yes
Unrated games (no BKR will be affected by this tournament): no
Private tournament (you will send personal invitations): no
Sort players by BKR: yes
Status: finished
Start date and time: 5. April 2005, 06:56:08
End date and time: 1. September 2005, 20:04:48

Winner of the tournament: Chessmaster1000

Section 1	BKR	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	S-B (?)	Order
1 ughaibu	2263		0  0	0  0	1  1	1  1	1  1	6.0	18.0	4.
2 Chessmaster1000	2139	1  1		1  0	1  0	1  1	1  1	8.0	31.0	1.
3 votacommunista	1722	1  1	0  1		0  0	1  1	1  1	7.0	26.0	2.
4 noger	1097	0  0	0  1	1  1		0  1	1  1	6.0	25.0	3.
5 taikoki	1850	0  0	0  0	0  0	1  0		1  1	3.0	6.0	5.
6 PhatPlaya 臭臭小指	1610	0  0	0  0	0  0	0  0	0  0		0.0	0.0	6.