Talk:Hexagonal chess

Board colouring, numeric notation[edit]

In the position diagrams in the the Russian site (I had it translated) the board is coloured in a way that the gray hex is in the middle of the board, with a white hex on white's side and a dark hex on black's side. It is even mentioned specifically that a grey-hexed bishop can't get to the corner of the board.

The rules page translated to English.

It is not the most important thing, but it is worth a note.

Also, the article doesn't mention the numeric notation. In this diagram here. I see that this has been rectified. Richmond62 (talk) 19:17, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It would be also a nice addition to the article to add a few hexagonal chess variants, like McCooey's Hexagonal Chess (which is almost identical) and Shafran's Hexagonal Chess (which uses a different board.) --Sibahi_talk 00:48, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I did it myself. The diagrams, whatever, need to be updated (so the centre hex is grey) and to be uploaded to the commons. I can't use WikiCommons cause they are banned in Saudi Arabia, so someone else has to do it.--Sibahi_talk 18:47, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Different sources use different colors, so I am not sure what is the correct one. I chosen the black color for the center hex after diagram in Pritchard's book. Does anybody has an official Glinski board, this would clarify the matters? By the way, McCooey's hexagonal chess has a white color for the central hex... Andreas Kaufmann 21:44, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note answering question about central hex of Glinski's board: On Glinski's board central hex is grey; I like to name it coloured, as my board is white, black and coloured. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.27.211.49 (talk) 16:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The diagrams need to be mainly for Glinski's, McCooey's follows, sice Glinski's is older and more popular. There once was a commercial board for Glinski's Hexagonal Chess in Ebay, but it is not there any more. The program Scatha makes the central hex grey, here . It makes more sense to make the white side of the board white, the black side black, and the neutral side grey. -Sibahi_talk 09:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found this picture of Glinski's chess set. It is colored just as you described and in the same way as in Russian side and in Scatha program. I will redo screenshots as soon as I have time. Andreas Kaufmann 09:56, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, all diagrams should be fine now. Thanks for clarifying this and happy New Year! Andreas Kaufmann 16:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Original research[edit]

Despite criticism that my work contains original research or unverified claims I have entered my Hexagonal chess layout using diagrams based on those already on the page. I was surprised to find that my layout was similar to Glinski's. After some discussion of the relative merits of the 2 layouts with a large number of my friends who have played both Glinski's and my forms of hexagonal chess I decided to upload details of mine as I believe it has some advantages over that of Glinski.

I hope, soon, to have the time to prepare diagrams and details of Sigmund Wellisch's form of Hexagonal chess as it differs significantly from the types currently detailed on the page. Richmond62 (talk) 19:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the policy WP:Original research and WP:VER. Bubba73 (talk), 21:11, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please read Wikipedia policies, especially WP:What Wikipedia is not, WP:NOTE, WP:VERIFY, WP:OR, Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, WP:EXT, and Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. Bubba73 (talk), 20:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

J[edit]

What do hexagons have against the letter J? ✍ (talk) 17:48, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"j" can easily be mistaken for "i". It's just a convention adopted by the particular game. (For example in the A1 coordinate system of Go, capital letter "I" is dropped so it won't be confused w/ the number "1".) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 04:57, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

error on page[edit]

Under Gliński's hexagonal chess it says: "Pawns promote on the last hex of a file; the hexes where white pawns promote are marked in the diagram with stars." there is no diagram with stars on it. I'm guessing there once was, but it was removed in a later edit? I just found out the game exists, so I am certain I would not be the correct individual to correct this. 208.124.80.6 (talk) 13:47, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"The diagram" refers to the little diagram, now titled: "The pawn". (That diagram has the stars. The stars are tiny, if you click on the diagram you'll see a bigger version.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 08:00, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:McCooey chess pawn.svg. Hyacinth (talk) 22:30, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

where can I buy this[edit]

is this a thing in the US Cinderidnif (talk) 20:16, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Check online. Wikipedia isn't a place to learn about what is or isn't being sold - DavidWBrooks (talk) 19:11, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Byfield variant[edit]

On other variance someone has asked about citation for the Byfield variant. I suggest you check out a Hexchess on reddit to find out more. 86.15.108.23 (talk) 17:44, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can't find Byfield Hexchess on Reddit. Even if it were there, WP:UGC "Examples of unacceptable user-generated sources are [...] Reddit". --IHTS (talk) 23:19, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In the month since a Wikipedia:Citation_needed tag was added to mention of the Byfield "variant", no citation has been added. The "5-sided board comprising 61 tiles" definitely warrants a citation. Given that User:86.15.108.23 has edited the description many times since, it does not appear to be the result of a typo. I plan to delete mention of this variant soon, unless a proper supporting citation is added. Dotyoyo (talk) 00:28, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done.

Dotyoyo (talk) 00:05, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Board labelling[edit]

The board diagram here does not match the numbering used in Pritchard 2007, p. 203. Notice that several more recent books explicitly credit László Németh, Nl74 and creator of the image, for their board layout diagrams, and thus are not independently authoritative. I only have a photograph by CGP Grey as a very second-hand source, but it does appear that board diagram in Gliński's original pamphlet matched Nl74's labels.

Pritchard, D. B. (2007). "Boards based on hexagons" (PDF). In Beasley, John (ed.). The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants (2nd ed.). John Beasley. ISBN 978-0-9555168-0-1.

Jonathan de Boyne Pollard (talk) 10:51, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]