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2. Hexagonal chess - Wikipedia

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   Hexagonal chess is a group of chess variants played on boards composed of hexagon cells. The best known is Gliński's variant, played on a symmetric 91-cell hexagonal board. Since each hexagonal cell not on a board edge has six neighbor cells, there is generally increased mobility for pieces compared to a standard orthogonal chessboard.

3. Hexapawn - Wikipedia

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   Hexapawn is a deterministic two-player game invented by Martin Gardner. It is played on a rectangular board of variable size, for example on a 3×3 board or on a regular chessboard. On a board of size n × m, each player begins with m pawns, one for each square in the row closest to them. The goal of each player is to either advance a pawn to ...

4. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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   De Vasa's hexagonal chess: Chess on a rhombus-shaped board of 81 hex cells. Same as Gliński's Hexagonal Chess, but linear startup, two forward move directions for pawns, pawns capture forward diagonally to the side, and castling. Invented by Helge E. de Vasa (1953). Gliński's hexagonal chess: The most popular version of chess for the hex ...

5. Three-player chess - Wikipedia

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   Three-player chess (also known as three-handed, three-man, or three-way chess) is a family of chess variants specially designed for three players. [ 1 ] Many variations of three-player chess have been devised. They usually use a non-standard board, for example, a hexagonal or three-sided board that connects the center cells in a special way.

6. Hex (board game) - Wikipedia

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   Hex (also called Nash) is a two player abstract strategy board game in which players attempt to connect opposite sides of a rhombus-shaped board made of hexagonal cells. Hex was invented by mathematician and poet Piet Hein in 1942 and later rediscovered and popularized by John Nash. It is traditionally played on an 11×11 rhombus board ...

7. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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   The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is ...

8. Pie rule - Wikipedia

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   The pie rule, sometimes referred to as the swap rule, is a rule used to balance abstract strategy games where a first-move advantage has been demonstrated. After the first move is made in a game that uses the pie rule, the second player must select one of two options: Letting the move stand. The second player remains the second player and moves ...

9. Chinese checkers - Wikipedia

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   Hop Ching checkers. Tiaoqi ("jump chess") Chinese checkers (US) or Chinese chequers (UK) [ 1 ], known as Sternhalma in German, is a strategy board game of German origin that can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners. [ 2 ] The game is a modern and simplified variation of the game Halma.