Omega Chess is easy to find the rules of, it has its own webpage. Strategically, Omega Chess is harder to over-theorise (or however you'd phrase it), with more strategic ideas, a better balance of strong and weak pieces, and longer phases of the game when played properly compared to chess.
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My favourite 10x10 Variant is Opulent Chess, but outside of Game Courier, ChessV and Zillions of Games finding a way of playing would be extremely difficult.
Also, Omega Chess has 4 corner squares, so it's more than 10x10.
I think there is an American chess organization that sells Omega Chess sets, but i'm not sure.
Has anyone tried playing Omega chess with the 2 Seirawan pieces (Hawk & Elephant) added? Wow, I think it plays much better! :-)
If you liked Omega chess, check out this variant - Cerebral (edema) Chess.
Cerebral Chess has better balance & complexity.
The changes from Omega Chess:
Knighting the Queen = Amazon Queen (Dragon)
Knighting the Bishop & Rook (Hawk & Elephant) off board
Crowning the Bishop & Rook (Archbishop & Fortress)
Replacing the Knight for a Leopard
Replacing the Champion for a Cannon
Replacing the Wizard for a Unicorn
Changed castling
This link will bring you to my forum post, where you'll see links to a poster, photos, and the online version (still needs a few tweaks, but playable).
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess960-chess-variants/cerebral-edema-chess-new-variant
Mar 26, 2017
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Now that the subject pops up, I've opened a seek for Omega chess on the chessvariants page:
http://play.chessvariants.com/pbmlogs/index.php?age=0&stat=open
I have no clue what you guys are on about but the draught board and extra pieces is a good idea.