• overview


• chess board


• set-up


• king


• queen


• rook


• knight


• bishop


• pawn


• promotion


• capturing


• castling


• check


• checkmate


• stalemate


• win/lose/draw


• notation

The Knight

The knight travels the Hexes Chess board in a unique way. A knight reaches its destination by moving two hexes in any direction through the sides of the hexes, then veering 60° either forward-left or forward-right to an adjacent hex.

(Note that moving the knight one hex, then veering two acheives the same destination.) Knights always move to a hex of a different color. The knights are the only pieces that can leap over obstacles and therefore cannot be blocked. Each player begins the game with two knights.