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Chess variant played on a small hexagonal board with no queens.

Movement of the pieces

More details about non-pawn piece movement: Hexagonal chessboards

Pawns move towards the opponent's side. They capture diagonally forward (in bishop's directions). They cannot make a double-move.

Pawns promote on the opposite two edges of the board. They cannot promote to queen, only to rook, bishop or knight.

Other rules

Otherwise the rules of chess apply, with the following difference:

• There is no castling.

Similar variant

• McCooey's Chess

Inventor

Dave McCooey, 1997^[ChV.com]

External link

• ChessVariants.com: Mini Hexchess