Rules of chess are variations of the rules for fast chess, correspondence chess, online chess, and Chess960. Chess is a two-player board game utilizing a chessboard and sixteen pieces of six types for each player. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The goal of the game is to checkmate (threaten with unescapable capture) the opponent's king. Games do not necessarily end with checkmate; players often resign if they believe they will lose. A game can also end in a draw in several ways. Besides the basic moves of the pieces, rules also govern the equipment used, time control, conduct and
Omega Chess Omega Chess Omega Chess is a commercial chess variant designed by Daniel MacDonald. The game is played on a 10×10 board with four extra squares, one added diagonally adjacent to the corner squares. 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 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