| 1 | p.boxed. |
| 2 | 10x10 board with four extra corners and two new piece. |
| 3 | Orthodox rules with a few exceptions. |
| 4 | |
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| 8 | figcaption Initial deterministic position |
| 9 | |
| 10 | p. |
| 11 | The board is unusually shaped: it's a 10x10 square with four extra corners |
| 12 | added. This open new tactical possibilites: a king can hide there for |
| 13 | example. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | p There are two new pieces in the corner and on the first rank: |
| 16 | ul |
| 17 | li Champion (C) = dabbabah + alfil + wazir, |
| 18 | li Wizard (W) = camel + ferz. |
| 19 | p. |
| 20 | Since the pieces mentioned to describe champion and wizard's movements might |
| 21 | be unknown, here is how they move: |
| 22 | |
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| 28 | figcaption Left: movements of the champion. Right: movements of the wizard. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | p. |
| 31 | The pawns behave as in orthodox chess, with a possible initial two or three |
| 32 | squares jump. They promote in any piece. |
| 33 | Castling is permitted: the king moves two squares to the right for a small |
| 34 | castle or to the left for a large castle. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | h3 Source |
| 37 | |
| 38 | p |
| 39 | | The |
| 40 | a(href="https://omegachess.com/") official website |
| 41 | | , which has a |
| 42 | a(href="http://www.omegachess.ru/omega/") playing area |
| 43 | | , although the Omega chess team purpose is seemingly to develop the game |
| 44 | | with real board and pieces - which they sell on the website. See also the |
| 45 | a(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Chess") Wikipedia page |
| 46 | | . |
| 47 | |
| 48 | p Inventor: Daniel MacDonald (1995) |