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Glinski's Hexagonal Chess is a game information page. It is categorized as: Two dimensional, Board with hexagonal shaped cells.

Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Cells: 91) (Recognized!)

Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.

Notes

The most widely played hexagonal chess variant is the one invented in 1936 by Wladyslaw Glinksi from Poland. The game was and is played in many countries, and is reported to have attacked to over half a million players. Hexagonal chess organizations existed, and organized many championships. After the death of Glinski in 1990, the interest and organization level of this form of hexagonal chess went backwards. <b>Recognized Variant of the Month for January 2002.</b>

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The board used for this game has 91 cells/squares.
This game is a 2 player game.
Invented in the year 1936. [1935-1937]. [1931-1941].

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• Hexagonal chess: Make Your Own 91-Space Hexagonal Board. Files and directions for making a hexagonal chess board. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Ajedrez Hexagonal de Glinksi. Glinski's Hexagonal Chess page translated into Spanish. (Spanish Language) Author: Cesc Sasal. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
• Escacs Hexagonals de Glinksi. Glinski's Hexagonal Chess page translated into Catalonian. (Spanish Language) Author: Cesc Sasal. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
• Glinski's Hexagonaal Schaak. Veel gespeelde variant op bord met zeshoekige velden (Dutch Language) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and John William Brown. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. The most popular hexagonal variant. Author: Ed Friedlander. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
• Memories of Hexagonal Chess. Brian Towers tells about Hexagonal Chess tournaments in the 1970s. Author: Brian Towers.
• Memories of Hexagonal Chess. Missing description Author: David Anderson. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
• Hexagonal Chess (Glinski). Chess on a board made out of hexagons. (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
• Hexagonal Chess Set. Home made set of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Author: Matthew R. Dickinson. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
• Hexodus. Program that plays hexagonal chess (Glinski variant). Author: Grzegorz Sidorowicz.
• Scatha. Simple open-source hexagonal chess playing engine. Author: Tord Romstad.
• Half final Europe Championship Hexagonal Chess 1999. Games of Glinski's Hexagonal Chess. Author: Sergej Korchitsky. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.
• Glinski's Hexagonal Chess . Chess on a board made out of hexagons. Author: Jens Markmann. Inventor: Wladyslaw Glinski.

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