6-Pawn

"What can be done with fewer is done in vain with more."—Ockham's razor

Photo of Hexes 6-Pawn chess.
chess board printed on aluminum, with standard tournament-size chess pieces.

is an updated version of the original game first published in 2003. It features a simpler set-up for the chess pieces, a new rank-and-file system, and the dark and medium hexes on the chess board have switched positions. It is a full-size chess game, so the pawns do get the option of two-hex opening moves, and there is an en passant rule. The chess board has six files (columns) and 10 ranks (rows), and like the 4-pawn board, has a "lozenge" shape. Even though it has fewer pieces and locations than square chess, has more degrees of freedom.


number
of players		 number
of hexes		 pieces
per player		 game
density		 degrees of
freedom		 opening
moves		 full size or
compressed
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Illustration of Hexes 6-pawn chess.