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The full, formal name of the game is '''Optimized Chess 8H X 10W'''. The brief, slang name of the game is '''Opti Chess'''. The common name of the game is '''Optimized Chess'''. It was invented anonymously in early 2006 by "OmegaMan".

'''Optimized Chess''' is a free, non-commercial [[Capablanca random chess|Capablanca Random Chess]] variant that is played on a 8H x 10W board with two additional pawns per side and two new pieces: the ''chancellor'' and the ''archbishop''. By the way, [[Capablanca random chess|Capablanca Random Chess]] was invented by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]].

All other rules, like ''[[en passant]]'' capture or [[castling]], are the same or similar to [[Chess]] although "symmetric castling" instead of "normal castling" is used. Sub-variants exist wherein the pawns do not have the ability to step two spaces forward with their first move.

It is the inventor's controversial contention that, by using the correct methods of analysis in thoroughgoing detail, he has isolated the best, unique opening setup out of over 12,000 possible, legitimate [[Capablanca random chess|Capablanca Random Chess]] opening setups recognized by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]]. In fact, the inventor of '''Optimized Chess''' offers two opening setups that are east-west transpositions of the same game or mirror-image symmetrical equivalents of one another termed "mirror I" and "mirror II". In practice, "mirror I" is typically preferred by players of [[Chess]] due its familiar relative placement of the king and queen.

'''Optimized Chess''' is supported by the two most powerful, free programs available in the chess variant world, [[SMIRF]] (developed by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]]) and [[ChessV]] (developed by Gregory Strong), where its "mirror I" opening setup can conveniently, automatically be loaded for play against a computer opponent.

==See also==