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Hexagonal chess

Index Hexagonal chess

Hexagonal chess refers to a group of chess variants played on boards composed of hexagon. [1]

47 relations: Algebraic notation (chess), AltaVista, Bishop (chess), Board game, Castling, Checkmate, Chess, Chess endgame, Chess piece, Chessboard, Cross Chess, Eastern Europe, Empress (chess), En passant, Fairy chess, Fairy chess piece, Hans L. Bodlaender, Hexagon, Hexagonal chess, Hexagram, Hexshogi, ICCF numeric notation, Java (programming language), Knight (chess), László Polgár, Leipzig, List of chess variants, Masonic Chess, Oxford University Press, Pawn (chess), Penguin Books, Princess (chess), Queen (chess), Rhombus, Rook (chess), Sannin shogi, Shogi variant, Smothered mate, Sokolniki Park, Stalemate, Strategy game, The Chess Variant Pages, The Oxford Companion to Chess, Three-player chess, Troy (chess variant), Vertex (geometry), Wargaming.

Algebraic notation (chess)

Algebraic notation (or AN) is a method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess.

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AltaVista

AltaVista was a Web search engine established in 1996.

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Bishop (chess)

A bishop (♗,♝) is a piece in the board game of chess.

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Board game

A board game is a tabletop game that involves counters or moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules.

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Castling

Castling is a move in the game of chess involving a player's king and either of the player's original rooks.

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Checkmate

Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is a game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with) and there is no way to remove the threat.

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Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

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Chess endgame

In chess and chess-like games, the endgame (or end game or ending) is the stage of the game when few pieces are left on the board.

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Chess piece

A chess piece, or chessman, is any of the six different movable objects used on a chessboard to play the game of chess.

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Chessboard

A chessboard is the type of checkerboard used in the board game chess, consisting of 64 squares (eight rows and eight columns).

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Cross Chess

Cross Chess is a chess variant invented by George R. Dekle, Sr. in 1982.

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is the eastern part of the European continent.

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Empress (chess)

An empress is a fairy chess piece that can move like a rook or a knight.

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En passant

En passant (in passing) is a move in chess.

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Fairy chess

Fairy chess is the area of chess composition in which there are some changes to the rules of chess.

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Fairy chess piece

A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated into certain chess variants and some chess problems.

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Hans L. Bodlaender

Hans Leo Bodlaender (born April 21, 1960), retrieved 2012-02-18.

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Hexagon

In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek ἕξ hex, "six" and γωνία, gonía, "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon or 6-gon.

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Hexagonal chess

Hexagonal chess refers to a group of chess variants played on boards composed of hexagon.

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Hexagram

A hexagram (Greek) or sexagram (Latin) is a six-pointed geometric star figure with the Schläfli symbol, 2, or.

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Hexshogi

Hexshogi is a shogi variant for two players created by George R. Dekle, Sr. in 1986.

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ICCF numeric notation

ICCF numeric notation is the official chess game notation for all International Correspondence Chess Federation games.

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Java (programming language)

Java is a general-purpose computer-programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

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Knight (chess)

The knight (♘ ♞) is a piece in the game of chess, representing a knight (armored cavalry).

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László Polgár

László Polgár (born 11 May 1946 in Gyöngyös), is a Hungarian chess teacher and educational psychologist.

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Leipzig

Leipzig is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.

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List of chess variants

A chess variant (or unorthodox chess) is a game "related to, derived from, or inspired by chess".

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Masonic Chess

Masonic Chess is a chess variant invented by George R. Dekle, Sr. in 1983.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Pawn (chess)

The pawn (♙,♟) is the most numerous piece in the game of chess, and in most circumstances, also the weakest.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Princess (chess)

A princess is a fairy chess piece that can move like a bishop or a knight.

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Queen (chess)

The queen (♕,♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess, able to move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

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Rhombus

In plane Euclidean geometry, a rhombus (plural rhombi or rhombuses) is a simple (non-self-intersecting) quadrilateral whose four sides all have the same length.

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Rook (chess)

A rook (♖,♜) is a piece in the strategy board game of chess.

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Sannin shogi

Sannin shōgi (三人将棋 three-person chess), or in full kokusai sannin shōgi (国際三人将棋 international three-person chess), is a three-person shogi variant invented circa 1930 by Tanigasaki Jisuke and recently revived.

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Shogi variant

Many variants of shogi have been developed over the centuries, ranging from some of the largest chess-type games ever played to some of the smallest.

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Smothered mate

In chess, a smothered mate is a checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces.

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Sokolniki Park

Sokolniki Park, named for the falcon hunt of the Grand Dukes of Muscovy formerly conducted there, is located in the eponymous Sokolniki District of Moscow.

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Stalemate

Stalemate is a situation in the game of chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move.

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Strategy game

A strategy game or strategic game is a game (e.g. video or board game) in which the players' uncoerced, and often autonomous decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome.

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The Chess Variant Pages

The Chess Variant Pages is a popular non-commercial Internet website devoted to chess variants.

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The Oxford Companion to Chess

The Oxford Companion to Chess is a reference book on the game of chess, written by David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld.

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Three-player chess

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.

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Troy (chess variant)

Troy is a chess variant inspired by the Trojan War.

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Vertex (geometry)

In geometry, a vertex (plural: vertices or vertexes) is a point where two or more curves, lines, or edges meet.

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Wargaming

A wargame (also war game) is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_chess

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