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Hexagonal chess - names of squares. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Cesc wrote on Thu, May 1, 2003 06:08 PM UTC:
It breaks the hexagonal simetry!
I think it must be numbered ortogonaly.
Is it any standard?
Is there any problem for 'g' starting on '2'?

🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, May 3, 2003 01:40 AM UTC:

The coordinates used for Glinski's Hexagonal Chess are not standard for other games using the same board. I'm sure these coordinates were chosen without any thought given to what kind of standard should be used for hexagonal boards in general. In Game Courier, I provide one standard that people might choose to use. It treats a hexagonal board as a cut-out from a parallelogram-shaped hex board with 60 and 120 degree corners, and standard coordinates are given to each hex in the parallelogram. Game Courier's Developer's Guide gives details.

Message edited 06/18/2010 to refer to Game Courier instead of the PBM.


Hafsteinn Kjartansson wrote on Fri, Jun 18, 2010 12:42 PM UTC:
Why isn't J used?

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