Omega chess

is there anywhere on the web where we can play this variant?or if it can be implemented here in the near future?variants like this are really interesting and are good to keep cheaters at bay...what do y'all think?

Omega chess, along with a great many other variants, can be played for free on Game Courier, a non-commercial website. 

http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/presets/omega_chess.html

If you would like to invite me to a game, my userid is agentofchaos. 

I've tried to access the site, registration, download zip, extract but absolutely nothing goes.

The link still seems to work for me.

The link still works, the extracting doesn't work, nor does anything else what is supposed to happen. Anyways, with the difficulty the site is set up I don't think many people will use it, it is almost like going back to vic 20. Register here, gofirm there, download this, copy there, extract so and so etc etc. I just got bored and annoyed at the same time. It just aint a web-site for 2011.

What is omega chess?

I came in looking for a source of fatty acids but leave hungry and disappointed.

I am sure you'llfind your fatty acids down the road.

Omega Chess is like chess but then with extra pieces, new ones that move different and with a few new rules and possibilites.

It is hard to get people to play it, it's even hard buy the board game itself.

uh...this site is confusing.how to register...or set up a game lol.

anyone wanna play in this thread?oh wait....I don't even have the board for it...damn it.

so....anyone up for some Seirawan chess?

register here:

http://www.chessvariants.com/index/registeruser.html

Invitations for omega chess can be sent from here:

http://play.chessvariants.org/pbm/play.php?game%3DOmega%20Chess%26settings%3DAlfaerie

alright...now we're gettin somewhere!

sent you an invite!

Where did you get it?

I developed a webpage that implements a very basic turn-based server for board games. Registration consists of only entering a name and a password (and clicking an Add Player button), which prvents others (who do not know the password) to play moves for you.As for playing, it just implements board and pieces as if the were 'woodware', so you can move them around anyway you want before pressing Play Move to transfer the turn to your opponent. (So to castle you need to explicitly move King and Rook, etc.) As a result it can basically play any game played on a board of squares, provided image files are at hand for representing the pieces.

I set it up for Seirawan Chess at http://hgm.nubati.net/schess/play.html , and I was experimenting with a version for Chu Shogi at http://hgm.nubati.net/chu/play.html .

If there is any interest, I could make one for Omega Chess too. It is just a matter of changing the table of images that defines the board to the required board size, and supplying a file with the list of image files that fill the table cells in the initial position.

I never can remember how the wizard moves ...

Like an elongated knight yet still somehow different. Nah, I won't get into it.

The best 10x10 chess variant is Avant-garde Grand Chess

http://chess-checkers-go.blogspot.com/2013/02/avant-garde-grand-chess.html

Spirit - Resolute

Symmetrical gambit

1.f3f5 e8e6 2.f5:e6 g8g6 3.d3d5 d8d7

4.Ge2g4 Ge9e8 5.e6:d7 Gd9:d7 6.c3c4 f8f6

7.e3e4 f6f5 8. e4:f5 g6:f5 9.Gg4:f5 Gd7:f5

10.Bc2:f5 Ge8g6+ 11.Bf5e4 Gg6:e4 12.Gg2:e4 Ni9h7

13.Fd1e2 Bh9g8 14.Ke1d1 Kf10i9 15.Kd1c2 Bc9f6

16.Gd2d4 Bf6g7 17.Gd4e5 (alt. Ge4e5) Nh7f6 18.g3g5 Nf6:e4

19.Ge5:g7 Fd10:g7 20.Ch1:e4 Bg8h7 21.Ce4:h7 Fg7:h7+

22.Cc1d3 Fh7e7 23.Bh2e5 Gg9g7 24.Be5c3Fe7:e2+

25.Gf2:e2 Gg7:g5 26.Mi1g2 Ch10e7 27.h3h4 Fg5g7

28.Bc3:g7 h8:g7 29.Mg2:g7 Mi10g9 30.Mg7:g9 Gf9:g9

31.Fg1d4+ Nk9h8 32.k3k5 Fg10f9 33.Qf1h2 Ce7f6

34.Fd4e3 Qe10d8 35.Rk1f1 Cc10g6 36.Rf1:f6 Ff9:f6

37.Mb1g1 Mb10e10 38.Fe3g5 Cg6:d3+ 39.Ge2:d3 Ff6:g5

40.h4:g5 c8c7 41.Ni2h4 Gg9g7 42.Nk2h3 Rk10g10

43.Gd3f5 Nh8g6 44.Nh3f4 Ng6:f4 45. Qh2:f4 Me10g9

46.g5g6 Ra10f10 47.Nb2d3 Na9c8 48. Nd3e5 Nc8d6

49.Qf4g3 Nd6:f5 50.Nh4:f5 Gg7:g6 51.Ne5:g6 Mg9:g6

52.Qg3:g6 Rg10:g6 53.Mg1:g6 Rf10:f5 54.Mg6g10+ Ki9k9

55.Mg10g9+ Kk9k10 56.Ra1:h1 Qd8d10 57.Rh1h9 Qd10i10

58.Mg9:i10+ Kk10:i10 59.Rh9:b9

The problem with variants with so many pieces is that the average game usually lasts very long. Chu Shogi also suffers from this. In addition the game seems a bit 'top-heavy'. There are many new Queen-class pieces, but only two Knights as extra minors. Even the Guard is a quite strong piece (~7).

My guess is that the game would be better if the Guards were replaced by lighter pieces, like Commoners (N(1), like King), Woody Rooks (O(1) + jumping O(2)) or Crowned Bishops (D + O(1)). That would create much more room for unequal trading of material, and thus interesting material imbalances.

Not sure but I probably ordered it via amazon or a chess equipment dealer or something else.

Amazon out of stock and unlikely it'll come back.

I'm gonna make a board myself and use figures from various chess sets, extra figures from toy shops and paint the lot. shouldn't be too difficult.

At superschaak.nl they sell reasonably priced wooden pieces that fit well with other Staunton pieces. I always use those when I need unorthodox pieces for Chess variants. For example:

Boards for international draughts provide excellent 10x10 boards, and can be obtained from the Dutch Draughts Association ( http://shop.kndb.nl/damartikelen.html )

Woody Rooks is a nice idea! We can play such variant by correspondence there or at own topic! Make your first move!