Hearth
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HEARTH

The Quantum Hub of Hexagonal Chess.

Four variants. Four geometries. Rebuilt for the browser.

Play Glinski's →Play McCooey's →Play Shafran's →Play Brusky's →
// Variants · Choose Your Geometry
// Variant · I

Glinski's Variant

Nine pawns. Flanking captures. The classical hex-chess of 1936.

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// Variant · II

McCooey's Variant

Seven pawns. Diagonal captures. Tighter geometry, sharper openings.

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// Variant · III

Shafran's Variant

Irregular 70-cell board. Three-square pawns. Four flavours of castling.

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// Variant · IV

Brusky's Variant

Pointy-top 84-cell board. Ten pawns. First-move vertical capture.

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4
Playable variants
6
Directions per step
12
Knight destinations
// Signal · III

FAQs & Feedback

How the pieces move, why the board has 91 hexes, and where to send a bug.

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HEARTH · a hub of hexagonal chess variants