Community variant
Connect6 chess
Connect 6 pieces or checkmate to win. Horizontal connecting doesn't count though
This is a user-catalogued casual variant. Technical details such as board size,
FEN, pieces, and hand rules are defined in the Fairy-Stockfish
variants.ini block below.
Generated rule overview
This variant inherits its base rules from `chess` and overrides the settings shown below.
Board and setup
Pieces and movement
- The piece set used on the board is: king (k), queen (q), rook (r), bishop (b), knight (n) and pawn (p).
Winning and losing
- A player can win by connecting 6 pieces vertically and diagonally.
Fairy-Stockfish rules
[connect6chess:chess]
connectN=6
connectHorizontal=false