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.

Uploaded by: Rom142857
Visibility: public
Status: active

Generated rule overview

This variant inherits its base rules from `chess` and overrides the settings shown below.

Board and setup

Default starting position

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