Hexagonal Chess Variants

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• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal chess, McCooey's. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave McCooey.

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• 3 Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board. (Cells: 217) By Dennis Matthews.

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• Anglojewish Chess. Hexagonal Chess with pieces following curved paths. (Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Asteryx Chess. Hexagonal chess played on an asterisk-shaped board. (Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
• Asteryx Chess. Sample Game. (Cells: 43) By David Jagger.
• Asteryx Chess. Preset for variant with asteryx shaped 43-space hexagonal board. (9x9, Cells: 43) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Jagger.

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• Brusky's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant from the 1960's. (Cells: 84) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Yakov Brusky.

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• Cascudo. On 44-square hexagonal board with turns consisting of cascade of moves. (Cells: 44) By David Jagger.
• Chassyrinth. A 'color-attribute' based hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Inventor: Kumar Yelubandi.
• Chesh. 3 player, hexagonal chess. (Cells: 169)
• Chessex . Hexagonal chess variant for two or three players. (Cells: 169) Inventor: Patrick K. Mullen.
• Chexs. Chess for two to six persons on hexagonal board. By Stephen Kennedy.
• cHEXx . Multiplayer chess variant on hexagonal board. (Cells: 211)
• Color Chess. Four player chess variant on 11 by 11 board. (In Hungarian). (11x11, Cells: 121) By Sándor Nagy.
• Contest: Hexagonal chess problem solving, 2001. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Credo Chess for Three. Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Credo Hexagonal Chess ("Rose Chess"). Hexagonal chess variant from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander.

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• Dagger Chess. Hexagonal variant on board with 39 squares. (Cells: 39) By David Moeser.
• Derick Peterson's Grand Hexachess. Large hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127) By Derick Peterson.
• Diminuendo Chess. Hexagonal variant: captured pieces are dropped in the center and diminished, not removed. (7x8, Cells: 43) By David Jagger.

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• Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three or six players. By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Echexs. Hexagonal variant for three players. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Endgame analysis for Hexagonal Chess. Information from extensive computer analysis of Hexagonal chess endgames. Author: Dave McCooey.

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• Galachess. Hexagonal variation from 1980. (Cells: 67) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mathew B. Harrer.
• Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 279) By Jack V. Cheiky.
• Geodesic Chess. Variation of hexagonal chess on a geodesic sphere with a few new pieces added. (Cells: 272) By Jack V. Cheiky.
• Geodesic Chess. Played on a spherical grid of hexagons and pentagons. (Cells: 272) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Jack V. Cheiky.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess . Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. The most popular hexagonal variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Grand Hexachess. Large hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127) By Derick Peterson.

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• Half final Europe Championship Hexagonal Chess 1999. Games of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: Sergej Korchitsky. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Haynie's Hexagonal Chess . Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Billy Haynie.
• Haynie's Hexagonal Chess. Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Billy Haynie.
• Hazlewood's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal Chess on a diamond-shaped board with many short-moving pieces. (Cells: 64) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Richard Hazlewood.
• Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Heroes Hexagonal Chess . Hexagonal variant with special Hero piece which enhances other pieces. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Heroes Hexagonal Chess. Play this game from the 84-square contest on the Play-By-Mail system! (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Heroes Hexagonal Chess Zillions Saved Game . Download this file to see the sample game. (Cells: 84) Author: Tony Quintanilla and Glenn Overby II. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
• Hex 39 . Hexagonal chess variant on small board with simple rules. (Cells: 39) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Torben Mogensen.
• Hex Shogi . A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants. By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi. A new family of hexagonal Shogi variants. By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 41. Hexagonal shogivariant on board with 41 squares. (Cells: 41) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 81. A hexagonal Shogi variant on an 81-space board. (Cells: 81) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex Shogi 91. A hexagonal Shogi variant on a 91-space board. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Hex39. Hexagonal chess variant on small board with simple rules. (Cells: 39) By Torben Mogensen.
• Hexa Decimal. Larger hexagonal chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 90) By Joost aan de Brugh.
• Hexa Decimal . Larger hexagonal chess variant (Zillions of Rules file). (11x11, Cells: 90) By Joost aan de Brugh.
• Hexabeast. Hexagonal chess variant with six animal pieces, by Ivan A. Derzhanski. (Cells: 70) By Ivan Derzhanski.
• Hexachess. Hexagonal Chess with lots of Pawns on a peanut-shaped board. (Cells: 80) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: David Moeser.
• Hexagonal Chess . Half-century old hexagonal chess variant from Soviet Union. (Cells: 70) Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
• Hexagonal Chess (Glinski). Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal Chess (McCooey). Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Hexagonal chess - names of squares. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hexagonal chess - problem 1. Author: Joseph Boyer.
• Hexagonal chess - problem 2.
• Hexagonal chess - problem solving contest 2001. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hexagonal Chess by Shafran . Half-century old hexagonal chess variant from Soviet Union. (Cells: 70) Author: Ivan Derzhanski. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
• Hexagonal Chess Notation. Article discussing Hexagonal Chess notation. Author: Arnaldo Rodrigues D’Almeida.
• Hexagonal Chess Set. Home made set of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: Matthew R. Dickinson. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. Classical variant of Glinski. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal Chess, Glinski's . Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Hexagonal Chess, Haynie's. Experimental hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Billy Haynie.
• Hexagonal chess, McCooey's. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Hexagonal Chess, McCooey's . Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Hexagonal chess: Make Your Own 91-Space Hexagonal Board. Files and directions for making a hexagonal chess board. (Cells: 91) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Hexagonal Hole Chess. Hexagonal variant using new pieces, holes, and barriers. (Cells: 91) By Gary K. Gifford.
• Hexagonal Round Chess. Combined Byzantine Chess with Rex Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D’Almeida.
• HexCaďssa. Each player has four pieces on hexagonal board with disappearing squares. (Cells: 61) By Christian Freeling.
• HexChess . Various hexagonal chess games, including Glinski's and McCooey's. Author: Jens Markmann.
• HEXchess. Information about a commercial hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 127) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hexchess. Another hexagonal chess variant with closer resemblance to orthodox chess. (Cells: 69) By Bill LaVanway.
• HexChess. Hexagonal Chess where Bishops move 1 hex in any direction and Rooks may not move to adjacent cell. (Cells: 641) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Tony Paletta.
• HEXchess Review. Review of HEXchess. (Cells: 127) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Hexes Chess . Link: Hexagonal Chess in 54 hexes, using orthodox pieces. Includes enhanced Pawn movement and castling. The board is elongated.&. (Cells: 54) By Mike Layfield.
• Hexes chess. A new commercial hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 54) Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. (Cells: 54) Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess . Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. (Cells: 54) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess now available for play on the Game Courier! (Cells: 54) Author: Mike Layfield and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Chess. Hexes Chess requires fewer chess pieces and a smaller board than conventional chess, but increases the mobility of each piece. (Cells: 54) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Compressed Chess . Link: This version of Hexagonal Chess has rotated cells so that the angles point up and down. (0x8, Cells: 50) By Mike Layfield.
• Hexes Compressed Chess. Hexes Chess on a squared off, reduced size board. (5x10, Cells: 50) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Mike Layfield.
• Hexetera. Small hexagonal variant with some elements of Chinese Chess. (Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Hexetera . Download Hexetera for ZOG! Also includes the game in squares: Etcetera! (Cells: 44) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Hexetera. Play Hexetera on the Game Courier! (Cells: 44) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Hexmate . A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Michael A. Rouse.
• Hexmate. A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127) By Michael A. Rouse.
• Hexmate. A two-player variant on a hex board made up of 127, 3-color hexagons. (Cells: 127) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Michael A. Rouse.
• Hexodus. Program that plays hexagonal chess (Glinski variant). Author: Grzegorz Sidorowicz.
• Hibryd III. An exotic three-player variant played on a board of 42 hexes with multiple victory conditions. (Cells: 42) By Jared B. McComb.
• Honeycomb Chess. This variant uses a board of hex-prism cells and two sets of FIDE pieces. (Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.
• Hyperchess. Photo's of hexagonal chess variant from 1971. Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: W. D. Groman.

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• ImmortalStarMasters. Multiplayer, hexagonal board for chess and checker games. (Cells: 241) Author: Ronald D. Planesi.

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• King's Color. Pieces move depending if they are on the same color squares as the king in hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Christian Freeling.
• Kyoto Shogi and Hex Kyoto Shogi . Small shogi variants. (Link.). (5x5, Cells: 25)

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• Lions and Dragons Chess. Hexagonal variant. Dragons carry a ball to the goal while Wizards avoid capture. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Lions and Dragons Chess . Hexagonal variant. Dragons carry a ball to the goal while Wizards avoid capture. (Cells: 84) By Tony Quintanilla.
• Lions and Dragons Chess . Download this file to see this sample game. (Cells: 84) Author: Peter Aronson and Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: Tony Quintanilla.
• Ludus Chessunculus. Game played on Hexagonal board with non-standard pieces. (Cells: 61) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: John Cleaveland.

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• McCooey's Hexagonal chess. Chess on a board, made out of hexes. Variant of Dave McCooey. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• McCooey's Hexagonal Chess . Chess on a board, made out of hexes. (Cells: 91) Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. Popular hexagonal variant. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• McCooey's Hexagonal Chess: Sample games. Author: Dave McCooey.
• Memories of Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: David Anderson. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinksi.
• Metapontum . Cooperative chessvariant on hexagonal board. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Hans Theo Frenkel.
• Mi Arena Chex. Hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 79) By Brent Thomas.
• Mini HexChess. Small hexagonal chess variant. (Cells: 37) By Dave McCooey.
• Monarch Hexagonal Chess. Proprietary hexagonal variant. (Cells: 35) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Jean de Poel.

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• Omnigon. Photos and Review. (Cells: 37) Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.

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• Panal: a hexagonal chess. A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
• Panal: a hexagonal chess . A double-royal piece variant on a 61-hex board. (Cells: 61) By Glenn Overby II.
• Peanut Chess . Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) Author: Marek14 . Inventor: Philip John Brady.
• Peanut Chess. Hexagonal chess variant with board in shape of peanut. (Cells: 38) By Philip John Brady.

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• Rectahex Chesss. A chess variant that looks like hexagonal chess but can be played on a normal chess board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Ralph Betza.
• Regenbogen. Unusual spectrum-based game with Wizards, Clerics and Spirits. (Cells: 44) By Jared B. McComb.
• Review: HEXchess. (Cells: 127) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Review: McCooey's Hexagonal Chess. (Cells: 91) Author: Tim O'Lena. Inventor: Dave McCooey.
• Review: Omnigon. Photos and Review. (Cells: 37) Author: Ben Good. Inventor: Mike Flynn.
• Rex . Six Direction Chess. (Cells: 85) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D’Almeida.
• REX Hexagonal Chess. Six Direction Chess. (Cells: 85) By Arnaldo Rodrigues D’Almeida.
• Rose chess. Hexagonal chess variant, with additional variants, from St Albans, UK. (Cells: 91) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.

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• Scatha. Simple open-source hexagonal chess playing engine. Author: Tord Romstad.
• Shafran's Hexagonal Chess. A classic hexagonal variant from Russia. (Cells: 70) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Isaak Grigorevich Shafran.
• Siege chess. A hexagonal three-player chess variant. (Cells: 192) By Ross Durossette.
• Statistics for 3-piece piece Hexagonal Chess. Endgame statistics. (Cells: 91) By Dave McCooey.

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• Three Player Chess. (Cells: 96) By Robert Zubrin.
• Three Player Chess. On a large (217 hexagon) board. (Cells: 217) By Dennis Matthews.
• Three Player Hex Shogi 91. a hexagonal Shogi variant for three players. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Three Player Hex Shogi 91 . A hexagonal Shogi Variant for three players. (Cells: 91) By Fergus Duniho.
• Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Toccata . A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76) By Roberto Lavieri.
• Toccata. A hexagonal variant inspired of Maxima. (Cells: 76) Author: Antoine Fourričre. Inventor: Roberto Lavieri.
• Treyshah. A commercial three-player hexagonal variant with 23 pieces a side. (Cells: 210) By Matt Seabury.
• Triangle chess. Three player chess variant on hexagonal board. (In Hungarian). (11x11, Cells: 121) By Sándor Nagy.
• TriChess . is a hexogonal, three player variant, created and distributed by PrimeChess Oy. Inventor: Donald Gebhart.
• Trihex . Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces. (Cells: 127) By Marek14 .
• Trihex. Three-player hexagonal variant with extra pieces. (Cells: 127) By Marek14 .
• TRiPLiCiTY. Three player hexagonal chess variant. (11x11, Cells: 111) By David Jagger.
• Triss. Hexagonal chess variant for three players. (Cells: 102) By Hans Mikelson.

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• Wellisch's Hexagonal Chess. Hexagonal chess for three players. (Cells: 91) Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Sigmund Wellisch.
• Witch's Chess . Two or three player hexagonal variant. (Cells: 81) By Ralf Hansmann.

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