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02-12-2009, 10:59 AM
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Some of those new rules are pretty full on. It is almost another game which isn't really a bad thing if you are after something different.
The fool concept is great as the Fool assumes the identity of the last piece your opponent has moved. I think this is the best re imaging of chess yet. Nice find Jaz. |
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02-13-2009, 03:22 PM
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I'm a casual chess player and playing chess is an entertainment for me. I believe Omega Chess is just another example of a board game for people like me. Although many standard chess rules apply there are few new ones and there are no books with strategies to this kind of board - that's why GM's are so much afraid of them, it requires a great deal of talent to play one of those boards successfully and years of memorizing different patterns become nearly useless.
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02-16-2009, 02:53 PM
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If you really want your brain to hurt check out this version of chess...
 The chess grid is curved making all sorts of move variations possible depending on which peice is where. Here are few examples.    Wow... would make every thinking about the opponents counter moves alot more difficult! |
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02-17-2009, 05:48 AM
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What is this variation of chess called, Curved Chess?
I think having a curved board makes things unnecessarily complicated - you have to dedicate so much more time and effort to figure out the right move. It would certainly be interesting to watch a speed chess game on this board 
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02-17-2009, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Jaz
Yes, i would spend most of time figuring out if my own move was legal, never mind how the opponent would even respond!!
I forget what the name of the chess variation was but it was an older one from a few years ago, nothing mass marketted i don't believe. |
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02-18-2009, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Dulce
That explains why I couldn't find it in google.
I did find another great variation of chess though. Check this out, it is a cylindrical chess - Curved moves - Chess reinvented on a cylindrical board | Missoula.com Magazine  Basically you have 2 sets of pawns and knights and you can attack your opponent from 2 sides. |
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02-19-2009, 06:20 AM
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Any Star Wars fantatics in here?. I was just thinking of what that Chess game was in a Star Wars movie and found this screen shot...
 Then i found that apparently its for sale. AMC - Blogs - SciFi Scanner - Star Wars Chess I can't make anything out of it. But I know the EU in Star Wars is pretty indepth, they don't really just make stuff up as they go along, so I'm sure they have a standardized rule book for the game. Just have no idea how it would work from the looks of it. |
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02-19-2009, 11:13 PM
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These Chess variations seem designed to make the chess concept new again for veteran players after something different. It can also put amateurs and masters alike on the same playing level. I guess that's why some of the popular variations can be so disliked by the Grandmasters.
The chess cylinder concept is actually quite intriguing. |
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02-21-2009, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Dulce
It looks so strange it is almost a completely different game to chess. I certainly wouldn't be tempted to buy this type of chess board, unless perhaps I could test drive it first.
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