• overview


• chess board


• set-up


• king


• queen


• rook


• knight


• bishop


• pawn


• promotion


• capturing


• castling


• check


• checkmate


• stalemate


• win/lose/draw


• notation

The Pawn

Pawns travel one hex per move in any of the three forwardmost directions, but they capture hard-forward-left and hard-forward right. (Forward is toward the opponent's side of the chess board.) Additionally, each pawn on its first move, has the option of advancing two hexes directly forward. Once a pawn has been moved, it is limited to one hex per move. In the illustration below, the bursts indicate where the pawns capture. Because of the increased lateral mobility of pawns in Hexes Chess, the en passant rule has been omitted. A pawn that reaches the far end of the chess board is promoted to a piece of higher value. (See promotion.) Each player begins the game with six pawns.