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Sam Trenholme wrote on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 04:44 AM UTC:
Interesting hexagonal Chess variant, invented by the father of the legendary Polgar sisters, called “Polgar Superstar Chess”:
http://polgarstarchess.blogspot.com/
Some general points:
  • Small star shaped hexagonal board with 37 hexes
  • Doesn’t have the “diagonal” movement most hex variants use, with the exception of the Knight
  • The rook is a lance that can only move forwards and backwards
  • The bishop is not colorbound
  • The game has free setup of the pieces, a la “Pre Chess”
  • The queen moves like the rook in most hex chess variants
I prefer this variant over other hex chess variants, but, then again, I never felt the “diagonal” the bishop moves in the majority of hex chess variants is a real diagonal.