Optimized Chess: Difference between revisions

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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 one of 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 (i.e., with the king east of the queen).

''Optimized Chess'' is supported by the two most powerful, multi-variant programs available in the chess variant world. It was selected as one out of only eight 8H x 10W board games featured in [[SMIRF]] (developed by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]]). It was selected as one out of only eleven 8H x 10W board games featured in [[ChessV]] (developed by Gregory Strong). In both programs, its "mirror I" opening setup can conveniently, automatically be loaded for play against a computer opponent.