Description
Mac Cooey's chess is a hexagonal chess variant developped by Dave McCooey and Richard Honeycutt in 1978-1979.
There are a lot of other hexagonal chess variants: see Wikipedia page
Rules
Mac Cooey's chess is a hexagonal chess variant played on a 91 hexagonal cells board.
Each player commands 16 pieces
- 1 king
- 1 queen
- 2 rooks
- 3 bishops
- 2 knights
- 7 pawns
Initial setup
Pieces moves
The King
The Queen
The Bishop
The Rook
The Knight
The Pawn
Double step from starting position is allowed except for f file pawns. The pawn capture corresponds to a one step Bishop's move. See crosses for captures. "En passant" captures are possible.
Credits
Rules were invented in 1978-1979 by Dave McCooey and Richard Honeycutt.
Jocly implementation
- Development: Michel gutierrez (@_mig_)
- Graphic design: Michel gutierrez (@_mig_) and Jérôme Choain (@jcfrog)
Special thanks to László Németh who gave a lot of CC0 content on Wikipedia for boards and pieces illustrations (used in rules section).