Mega House Hexagonal Chess (MHH Chess)
A quick look at hexagonal chess already had me coming up with idea on how to implement fairy chess onto the board. Searching through the chess variants page brought me to Full house hexagonal chess, a unique hexagonal chess with very unorthodox fairy pieces, which made me wonder what would it looks like with more regular fairy pieces included?
Setup
Pieces
There are 4 new pieces, making a total of 17: The Wazir (W): is a hexagonal version of the wazir piece from certain chess variants; the Archbishop (A): is a hex version of the archbishop in capablanca, which moves like a bishop or knight; the Chancellor (C): is a hex version of the chancellor from capablanca, which moves like a rook or knight; the Amazon (Z): is a combination of the hex queen and knight, and based off a well known piece used in fairy chess. Pawns, upon reaching the final rank can promote to any piece in the starting position (along with the queen), except a king or pawn, though underpromotions may be rare excluding avoiding stalemates.
Rules
This variant follows the same rules as Glinski's hexagonal chess, unless stated otherwise.
Piece moves are the exact same as Full house, except for new pieces.
Stalemates are once again a draw, as the mobility of the king now pales in comparison to the the power of the extra pieces.
Further rule additions may require deeper study of the game.
Notes
With the interest of hexagonal chess variants deeply in mind, I originally had the idea of coding an interactive, and much more viable program for playing hex chess, including variants. It was during this period, that I decided I wanted to view the true freedom of limitless board sizes, and piece move sets, in which I have decided to explore some incredible variants that branch far from the familiarity of regular chess, and even hexagon chess.
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Web page created: 2023-08-15. Web page last updated: 2023-10-22