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Obento Chess. 12x12 Chess variant with Shogi-style promotions and bent sliding pieces. (12x12, Cells: 144) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, May 16 12:01 AM UTC in reply to HaruN Y from Wed May 15 11:19 PM:

I presume the name is inspired by the name Chess 960, which is an alternate name for Fisher Random Chess that some people prefer. But the number 960 in this alternate name for Fisher Random Chess is due to the number of different positions possible using the shuffle rules of that game. If you apply the same shuffle rules to a 12x12 game with two rows of non-Pawn pieces for each player, the number will probably be higher than 960. So I don't think Obento Chess 960 is really an appropriate name. It would be better to call it Fisher Random Obento Chess.

Also, it does not appear to be working. It does not shuffle pieces, and it does not show me how any piece moves.