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.

==Characteristics==

Out of the 12,118 [[Capablanca random chess|Capablanca Random Chess]] positions recognized by [[Reinhard Scharnagl]], Optimized Chess is one of only two (the other is [[Embassy Chess]]) that possess all of the following properties:

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A detailed explanation of the importance of all of these criteria to stability can be found within the [http://www.symmetryperfect.com/shots/crc select CRC analysis tool].

==Availability==

Optimized Chess is offered in 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).