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Falcon Hexagonal Chess. The Falcon into the Hexagonal world. (Cells: 121) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Graeme Neatham wrote on Sun, Sep 9, 2007 05:13 PM EDT:
'I've never understood why they are set up in two 'V's with the points almost touching and the legs extending away from each other.'

I'd always thought the main idea behind the pawn positioning was to have them start the game equi-distant from a promotion hex.