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2 | 10x10 board with four extra corners and two new piece. | |
3 | Orthodox rules with a few exceptions. | |
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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) |