Comment by Imustaskforhelp

Ohh about fairy stockfish, I had actually looked into it for something like spell-chess (which is an completely unsolved problem!)

I was playing chess with one of my friends and we played spell-chess which is an clash royale/clash of clans x chess thing where you get two spells of freeze and jump

Freeze allows you to select a tile and have a 3x3 square radius which freezes those pieces

Jump allows you to select any piece (opponent or yours) and it will effectively allow you to jump over that.

When me and my friends were playing, I kept trying to do something wonky to find the most optimal play. I had thoughts for a day or two to find/make fairy stockfish or atleast had the idea to do so but not the experience to do so but I certainly wished even from the end point perspective as to what/if the game was solved. I don't know but these things make me feel as if perhaps, just maybe, the game can be played a certain way where even in the best game, its not draw but rather a particular side wins (effectively solving it),

I felt like these spells were too overpowered so there was an possibility about it, you just made me remember a lot of things about these things that I had thought. It was these thoughts which randomly led me to discover fairy stockfish which is an really interesting project!