Sample games for McCooey's Hexagonal Chess

Dave McCooey has designed a well playable hexagonal chess variant. For more information, and the rules, see the webpage on this game. Below, you find several games that were played by McCooey and others.

Notation

For notating the games, squares are named as shown in the diagram below.

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 ___/f11\___
 ___/e10\___/g10\___
 ___/d9 \___/f10\___/h9 \___
 ___/c8 \___/e9 \___/g9 \___/i8 \___
 ___/b7 \___/d8 \___/f9 \___/h8 \___/j7 \___
 /a6 \___/c7 \___/e8 \___/g8 \___/i7 \___/k6 \
 \___/b6 \___/d7 \___/f8 \___/h7 \___/j6 \___/
 /a5 \___/c6 \___/e7 \___/g7 \___/i6 \___/k5 \
 \___/b5 \___/d6 \___/f7 \___/h6 \___/j5 \___/
 /a4 \___/c5 \___/e6 \___/g6 \___/i5 \___/k4 \
 \___/b4 \___/d5 \___/f6 \___/h5 \___/j4 \___/
 /a3 \___/c4 \___/e5 \___/g5 \___/i4 \___/k3 \
 \___/b3 \___/d4 \___/f5 \___/h4 \___/j3 \___/
 /a2 \___/c3 \___/e4 \___/g4 \___/i3 \___/k2 \
 \___/b2 \___/d3 \___/f4 \___/h3 \___/j2 \___/
 /a1 \___/c2 \___/e3 \___/g3 \___/i2 \___/k1 \
 \___/b1 \___/d2 \___/f3 \___/h2 \___/j1 \___/
 \___/c1 \___/e2 \___/g2 \___/i1 \___/
 \___/d1 \___/f2 \___/h1 \___/
 \___/e1 \___/g1 \___/
 \___/f1 \___/
 \___/

The games

White: Billy Haynie
Black: Dave McCooey
GAME "A"

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 1. Nh4 f7
 2. f5 Ne7
 3. Nd4 Bj3
 4. Rg2 Bxh4
 5. gxh4 c6
 6. Ng4 Ng5
 7. h3 Bi3+
 8. Kh1 Nxf3
 9. Qxf3 Bxg4
 10. Qxg4 i6
 11. Bd3 Qh5
 12. Qxh5 ixh5
 13. Rdg3 Rk6
 14. e4 Ng7
 15. Rj2 Nxf5
 16. Rg6 Ni3+
 17. Kg1 Nxg6
 18. hxg6 Rxg6+
 19. resigns

White: Billy Haynie
Black: Dave McCooey
GAME "B"

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 1. f5 g6
 2. Nd4 Bh6
 3. fxg6 fxg6
 4. Ne4 Nd6
 5. Bd3 Nxe4
 6. Bxe4 Bf7
 7. Bxf7 Nxf7
 8. Nxf7 exf7
 9. Kf1 Qe5
 10. g4 Bb3
 11. Rdf3 Be7
 12. Bg3 Ra4
 13. Rhg2 Ra1
 14. Kg1 Ri6
 15. i2 Rj5
 16. Rh1 Rxe4
 17. Qg2? Rc4
 18. resigns

White: Dave McCooey
Black: Billy Haynie
GAME "C"

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 1. g5 f7
 2. Ne4 fxg5?
 3. Ng6! Ne7
 4. Ni7+ Kg9
 5. Bi5+ h7
 6. Be6+ Kh8
 7. Bj7+ Kg7
 8. Qh5 mate

White: Dave McCooey
Black: Billy Haynie
GAME "D"

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 1. d4 f7
 2. e5 fxe5
 3. fxe5 Nh6
 4. Ne4 Ng7
 5. Be3 e6
 6. d5 Nxe5
 7. Bj5 Rg9
 8. g5 Nxf3
 9. Qxf3 Nf5
 10. Ng6 Nxe2?
 11. Ni7+ Kh9
 12. Nf8 mate

White: Dave McCooey
Black: Tim O'Lena
GAME "1"

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 1. g5 Ne7
 2. Nh4 d6
 3. Nk3 Bh7
 4. Ng4 g6
 5. c3 Bg8
 6. Ra1 f7
 7. Bg3 fxg5
 8. Bd5 Nh6
 9. fxg5 Bxd5+
 10. cxd5 Nxg4
 11. Qxg4 Qg7
 12. Qe7+ Kg9
 13. Be6+ Bf8
 14. Bxf8+ Qxf8
 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8
 16. Nh5+ Kg7
 17. Nxg8 Kxg8
 18. Bd3+ Kg7
 19. Bxh9 Nxh9
 20. h4 gxh4
 21. Rh6+ Kg8
 22. R1xh4 Re10
 23. Ri4 Ng7
 24. Re7+ Kf9
 25. Rf6+ Kd8
 26. Rff8 Nj5
 27. Rxd6+ Ke9
 28. Rg8+ resigns

White: Tim O'Lena
Black: Dave McCooey
GAME "2"

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 1. g5 g6
 2. d4 c6
 3. Ne4 Ng7
 4. Ng4 i6
 5. Bd3 Ri8
 6. Bg3 Nj7
 7. c3 Ni4
 8. Kf2 Ri7
 9. Nh3 Ra2+
 10. Be2 Bg8
 11. Rg2 Nk4
 12. Nh1 Bg7
 13. e5 Bj3
 14. Bi5 Bxi5+
 15. Nxi5 Qg9
 16. Nh3 Qj3
 17. Ng4 Qh4+
 18. Kh1 Nh5
 19. Nd3(?) Nxf4+!
 20. Bxf4 Qj3+
 21. i2 Qj1 mate

The following five games were played between Bill Haynie and Tim O'Lena by email.

Bill Haynie - Tim O'Lena

1. f5 g6
2. Ng4 Ne7
3. e c6
4. d3 Ng5
5. h3 Bi3+
6. Nxi3 Qxi3+
7. Bh2 Ni2+
8. Kg2 Qk3
9. fg fg
10. Bd4 Nb7
11. e6 e7
12. Qe4 Bd6+
13. Kf2 Nf4
14. Rdf3 Nxh1
15. Kxh1 Rdf9
16. Be2 Rxf3
17. Qxf3 Rf9
18. Qd2 Ne9
19. Qa5 Bf4
20. Bxf4 Rxf4
21. Qe1 Nf7
22. Nxf7 Rxf7
23. g5 Ri7
24. i3 Bj3+
25. Bxj3 Qxj3+
26. Kg2 Qd4
27. Qa5 Rxe6
28. Bxe7+ Rxe7
29. Resigns

Tim O'Lena - Bill Haynie

1. g5 f7
2. Ne4 Ng7
3. c3 fg
4. fg Ne7
5. Bh3 Bd7
6. Rg2 Nh7
7. Ng6 Nf6
8. Bh5 Nxh3+
9. ixh3 Be9
10. Ni7+ Kf11
11. Bxg7 Bxg7
12. Nh1 Bd7
13. Nj2 e6
14. Rdf3 Re9
15. Bh4 Re8
16. Bf8 h6
17. Bxd7+ Rxd7
18. Nf8 Qe7
19. Nxh9 Rxh9
20. Rgf2 Rg9
21. Rf8 Qc6+
22. Kh1 Ke10
23. Qj7 Bk5
24. Qxi8 Bj4
25. Ni5 Qa4
26. Nxg8+ Bxg8
27. Qf11#

Bill Haynie - Tim O'Lena

1. f5 g6
2. Ng4 Ne7
3. Bd3 Rg9
4. e5 gf
5. Nxf5 Nxf5
6. gf Bh5
7. Rg2 Bxg4
8. Bxg4 Nh9
9. Rdg3 Bg8
10. Be3 Bd7
11. Qf1 Qj1
12. Bh3 Nj6
13. Bi3 Qj3
14. Qc4 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 Qxf5
16. Qc3+ Kh9
17. d3 d6
18. ed Rxd6
19. Bj2 Qd5+
20. Qxd5 Rxd5
21. Bh3 Rc5
22. Rg4 Rxg4
23. Rxg4 Bf7
24. Rxg9+ Kxg9
25. Ke1 Bxh3
26. ixh3 Kh7
27. Kf3 Kg6
28. Kg4 f7
29. h4+ Ke6
30. Bf9 h6
31. h3 f6+
32. Kf3 Kf5
33. h5 Nk3
34. Bg7 Kg6
35. Kf4 Nxh5+
36. Bxh5 Kxh5
37. Kg3 i6
38. c3 i5
39. d4 Ki3
40. d5 i4
41. hi hi
42. Resigns

Hex Game D
Tim O'Lena - Bill Haynie

1. d4 f7
2. e5 Ng7
3. Ne4 fe
4. fe Ne7
5. e6 Bh7
6. Rd2 d7
7. Ng4 Ne5
8. Rb2 d6
9. Bi4 g7
10. Bk3 Rg9
11. d5 Nh6
12. e7 c6
13. exf9+ Rgxf9
14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. dc Nxg4
16. hxg4 Kh9
17. Rxe5 Bg8
18. Rb5 Rc8
19. Qc3 Rf10
20. Bd4 Rcc7
21. Bb1 Qf11
22. Rf3 Rxf3
23. Qxf3 Qxf3
24. Bxf3 Bf7
25. Nxf7 Rxf7
26. Rb7 Bd7
27. Bf5 Be9
28. Rxf7 exf7
29. c7 f6
30. c8/Q Bxc8
31. Bxc8 Resigns

Hex Game E
Bill Haynie - Tim O'Lena

 1. e4 e6
 2. d4 d6
 3. i3 Nh6
 4. c3 Bh7
 5. Ra1 Nk4
 6. Bg4 Ng7
 7. Nj1 Nj6
 8. Bh3 Be8
 9. Bxe8 Qxe8
10. de fe
11. Nh4 Bj3
12. Ri1 Bxh4
13. Rh1 Be9
14. Resigns

Games send by Dave McCooey and Tim O'Lena. Edited by Hans Bodlaender.

WWW page created: May 13, 1999. Last modified: October 6, 1999.