Talk:Omega Chess

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[edit] Omega chess template

User:OmegaChessFan created this template to represent Omega diagrams. For usage see Template talk:chess diagram. -Sibahitalk 07:26, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Piece Movements

Dear Sibahi, I would suggest re-inserting the move diagrams and removing the textual description from the main paragraph if it is redundant. There is nothing better than an image to describe how a piece moves. Any comments on this? Also we should consider putting more game analysis and perhaps some opening strategies.(OmegaChessFan 14:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC))

I would suggest putting both pieces in one diagram, with the en-passant explanation. There is enough room in the page for this. The only thing I'm afraid of is putting too many diagrams in the page. (In a very unrelated note, it would be better if the champion letter in the diagrams changed from z to C capital; itmakes more sense. I would also suggest changing the black color to White, and enlarge the letters a bit.) Game analysis and opening strategies is not a bad idea, but endgames and problems are more useful. -Sibahitalk 16:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Ok, if both pieces fit in one diagram I will put them - good idea. The colors can't be changed nor the letter convention for the C capital because you need to follow the guidelines for standard chess diagrams on the wikimedia commons (see or for example on image naming). There has been a discussion to allow capitalized letters but for now it's not resolved. We can always change this later. Please read WikiProject Chess for more details. I tried to follow the standard as much as possible. If you want to propose these changes, you need to put some comments on those pages and wait for feedback. (OmegaChessFan 17:11, 6 December 2006 (UTC))
Also I believe that capitalized letters are meant (in FEN notation) to represent white pieces as opposed to small letters which are the black pieces. This is also discussed in WikiProject Chess. (OmegaChessFan 17:58, 6 December 2006 (UTC))
They should allow Capital letters, the English alphabet isn't enough for all fairy pieces. But anyway, there's nothing I can do about it. I am not completely satisfied with the current drawings of the Champion and Wizard; they don't really fit with the other pieces. I've made drawings of my own but I am not a member in commons. They're here : http://sibahi.pbwiki.com/photos . It's my belief that they fit nicer (and the crescent looks more .. er .. crescentish.) You might want to upload them and try them out. (BTW, would I be asking too much if I asked you to include template:raumschach diagram to the Standard Chess Diagram page?) Thank you. -Sibahitalk 18:04, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
I agree, actually they should make the piece templates and the piece namings more flexible, there are hundreds of chess variants out there and 26 letters are not enough. I tried uploading your new piece on top of the old one and it doesn't work. I got my pieces from the Omega Chess guys directly...it's not that big a deal anyways. Also there is a bug in the Omega Chess template, somehow if you want to display it on the left-hand side, the text next to it is too close. Not sure where the bug is...perhaps the table cell padding? (OmegaChessFan 19:15, 6 December 2006 (UTC))
I have added your Raumschach template in the commons area, but you can easily get a username and pwd yourself, usually it's the same as in Wikipedia. Then you will be able to create the ascii representation of the board and add it to the standard chess page. (OmegaChessFan 20:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC))
Changed the pictures for the champion and the wizard. They look much better now. -Sibahitalk 12:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Omega Chess site

The official site doesn't work anymore. Anyone has an idea how to illustrate the refrenced to endgames? (2 knights, bishop and wizard, bishop and knight) -Sibahitalk 12:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Never mind -Sibahitalk 22:54, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sample games

What is the relevance of the sample game section? To the casual reader, it imparts zero information. Even to the interested chess enthusiast, it's just one game without any real explanation; how does it in any way impart information about the subject of the article? Oli Filth 19:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

The importance for example games, especially for new games (not chess or checkers), is that the give an idea of how the game plays out, or differs from the original game. They can be used to illustrate the rules; and/or show some common tactics, common strategies, and even peculiar positions. Personally, the section I like the most about any game article is the "Example Game" section, because the Rules simply don't give you every thing you need to know. (You can't play, say, chess well or understand it without knowing the strategic principles, or some example tactics.) --Sibahi 04:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
P.S. .. I might as well add, that even if "it imparts zero information" to the casual reader, it is of great interest to the interested reader, someone who really wants to get as familiar as possible to the game. --Sibahi 04:17, 14 August 2007 (UTC)