Does anyone have contact info for Daniel Macdonald, the inventor of Omega Chess? Hi Omega Chess is unfortunately no longer available commercially. Try their website omegachess.com I already left emails a few years ago and regularly without any answer. It's a shame as i think that we can work again ...

Hi The pieces are ahead of the Pawns is just symbolic. We could have opened another wndow then switch back to the 8x8 board. The most important thing is the Following: white choses among 10 possible pieces. He is the side that begins to make the choice. For example let's say that white choses a Unic...

Hi
Hope for more to come. Currently working with various persons on Engines playing Musketeer Chess.
The most important step will be Musketeer Ches splayable online against other people.
Reasonably will be available in a month.

Thanks to all the persons supporting us.

Hi HG Yes i meant that the additional rules for the Pawn gave a surprisingly still high percentage of draws. i think that this is due to the fact that i use for my tests one single engine. This gives an idea concerning balance of the game, overall draw win percentage. I think that the best way to an...

Dear HG This is Simply awesome. This is in deed a necessary knowledge for the engines but also for humans to take the right décisions. I'd like to participate in this awesome project. Tell me how to generate these EGTB and make the statistics. I will have access to a strong 64 thread computer the co...

Thanks HG
This will for sure ease development of other engines.

Best regards
Zied

When first thinking about changing the rules of Pawns, my main goal was to avoid the maximum number of positions that lead to draws due to some of the pawn weaknesses. Sometimes adding additional rules doesn't lead to the results expected. In fact, when testing Moscovia Chess using the Lieutenant Pa...

got them
a small change to make them in the same shade is needed but shouldn't be so difficult to do

It is not possible to judge pieces for which it is not fully specified how they move. I have for instance no idea what your picture for the Merry Pawn means? How do they capture normally? How do they e.p. capture? Most of the Pawns are not really Pawns, but weak pieces that can roam the entire boar...

there is a poll in this thread. Can you vote for your favorite modified pawn (choice among your 3 best pawns).
Thanks