Talk:Hexagonal chess

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[edit] Board colouring, numeric notation

In the position diagrams in the the Russian site (I had it translated) the board is coloured in a way that the gray hex is in the middle of the board, with a white hex on white's side and a dark hex on black's side. It is even mentioned specifically that a grey-hexed bishop can't get to the corner of the board.

The rules page translated to English.

It is not the most important thing, but it is worth a note.

Also, the aricle doesn't mention the numeric notation. In this diagram here.

It would be also a nice addition to the article to add a few hexagonal chess variants, like McCooey's Hexagonal Chess (which is almost identical) and Shafran's Hexagonal Chess (which uses a different board.) --Sibahi_talk 00:48, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, I did it myself. The diagrams, whatever, need to be updated (so the centre hex is grey) and to be uploaded to the commons. I can't use WikiCommons cause they are banned in Saudi Arabia, so someone else has to do it.--Sibahi_talk 18:47, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Different sources use different colors, so I am not sure what is the correct one. I chosen the black color for the center hex after diagram in Pritchard's book. Does anybody has an official Glinski board, this would clarify the matters? By the way, McCooey's hexagonal chess has a white color for the central hex... Andreas Kaufmann 21:44, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

The diagrams need to be mainly for Glinski's, McCooey's follows, sice Glinski's is older and more popular. There once was a commercial board for Glinski's Hexagonal Chess in Ebay, but it is not there any more. The program Scatha makes the central hex grey, here . It makes more sense to make the white side of the board white, the black side black, and the neutral side grey. -Sibahi_talk 09:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I found this picture of Glinski's chess set. It is colored just as you described and in the same way as in russian side and in Scatha program. I will redo screenshots as soon as I have time. Andreas Kaufmann 09:56, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Ok, all diagrams should be fine now. Thanks for clarifying this and happy New Year! Andreas Kaufmann 16:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

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