6. Hexagonal chess variants


Chess variants played on boards with hexagonal fields, which can have three different colours.

The movement of the pieces except pawns are described on the following page: Hexagonal chessboards. The movement of the pawns may vary in different variants.

Regular hexagon


Gliński's Chess


McCooey's Chess

Irregular board


Shafran's Chess


Brusky's Chess


De Vasa's Chess

Small hexagon


Mini Hexchess

With fairy chess pieces


Gliński–Capablanca Chess

Hexagonal chess with fairy chess pieces


McCooey–Capablanca Chess

Hexagonal chess with fairy chess pieces