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External Link: Hexagonal Boards

This link will download a file HexBoards.zip that contains a Java application, HexBoards.jar, for rendering hexagonal chess boards. Further information is available here

An enhanced version, HexBoards2, is available.

External Link: http://ehco.org.uk/downloads/index.php?file=HexBoards2.zip

HexBoards2 has more options to control the shape of the board and can also save the generated board as a jpg image file.

External Link: http://ehco.org.uk/downloads/index.php?file=HexBoards.zip

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By Graeme C Neatham.
Web page created: 2006-11-07. Web page last updated: 2006-11-07