What if Jutland was a Battlecruiser squadrion engagement only
This assumes everything IOTL except that Scheer's main fleet wouldn't have sortied out. Perhaps Hipper has been ordered to raid the British Coast and was turned back at Jutland against a superior force, perhaps he was to set his own trap to lead British ships onto his own mines instead of the rest of the High Sea Fleet.
IOTL it would mean the British would have lost at least 2 battle-cruisers for at least none on the German side assuming that Thoma's Queen Elizabeth's and Beatty's squadron didn't just catch up to Hipper and cut him off. How many more ships however would have been lost on either side in this battle to the South and when would one side or the other break engagement? (Pretty sure if it was Run to the South - the Jellicoe's fleet albeit it sortied, would not have played any role in the battle.)
What effect does this have on the war? Unrestricted submarine warfare?
A second (or in this case) first dreadnaught battle with a different or similar outcome?
Another question that assumes both sides IOTL are out in full force is, instead of hitting the British battle-cruiser squadron head on, what if Scheer devised a plan to trap Beatty's force, perhaps crossing the T or splitting his force into 3 squadrons (8 dread/8 dread/5 pre dread) to pincer Beatty?
Could either of these events perhaps led to a greater German victory that would have changed the course of the war? (lengthening it, shortening it, or with a different outcome overall.)
Thoughts about the possibilities?