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Description

Glińsky's hexagonal chess is probably the most famous game of these hexagonal variants.

There are a lot of other hexagonal chess variants: see Wikipedia page

Władysław Gliński invented this variant in 1936.

Rules

Gliński's chess is a hexagonal chess variant played on a 91 hexagonal cells board.

Each player commands 18 pieces

Initial setup

There is no castling. Stalemate is not a draw but counted less than a checkmate.

Pieces moves

The King

The Queen

The Bishop

The Rook

The Knight

The Pawn

Double step from starting position if possible. If a pawn captures from its starting cell to another pawn starting cell, it keeps its double cell start ability for another turn. See crosses for captures. "En passant" captures are possible.

Credits

Rules were invented in 1936 by Władysław Gliński.

Jocly implementation