Omega Chess

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Omega Chess starting position

Omega Chess is a commercial chess variant designed and released in 1992 by Daniel MacDonald. The game is played on a 10×10 board with four extra squares, each added diagonally adjacent to the corner squares.[1] The game is laid out like standard chess with the addition of a champion in each corner of the 10×10 board and a wizard in each new added corner square.

Part of the reason for adding the new pieces was to equalize the number of jumping pieces with sliding pieces. The wizard was created specially to be a color-bound piece, an analog to the bishop. Because of the symmetry and four additional corners, Omega Chess creates new tactical possibilities, including the possibility of forcing checkmate with two knights, or with a single bishop.

Omega Chess has garnered endorsements by grandmasters Michael Rohde[2] and Alex Sherzer.

This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
  1. ^ Dylan Loeb McClain (2007-08-19). "Giraffes, Viziers and Wizards: Variations on the Old Game". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
  2. ^ Grandmaster reviews Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine.