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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