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Subject: Re: Generalised Board...

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 10:46:44 03/08/04

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On March 08, 2004 at 13:35:35, GuyHaworth wrote:

>I guess you are referring to a 2-player game on a hexagonal board.

Yes.  For a description of the game, see the following URL:

http://www.chessvariants.com/hexagonal.dir/hexagonal.html

>Afaik, no endgames have been created for n-person games with n > 2:  this
>would be very interesting, but only possible if the players play in a defined
>sequence regardless of the 'history' of the game which is not represented in
>the definition of 'position'.
>
>However, one has to define:
>
>a)  what constitutes a 'win', and
>b)  what is being 'minimised' or 'maximised' at each turn

In hexagonal chess, there is an interesting complication caused by the
fact that there are actually two kinds of wins:  When a player is mated,
the result is 1-0, like in normal chess.  But when the game ends in
stalemate, the result is 3/4-1/4.

Apart from this, the only difference compared to normal chess is the
shape of the board and the movement of the pieces.

Tord




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