De Vasa's chess is a hexagonal chess variant played on a 81 hexagonal cells board.

## Initial setup

The board is made up with 9 diagonal files ('a' to 'i') of 9 cells.

Each player commands 18 pieces

- 1 king
- 1 queen
- 2 rooks
- 3 bishops
- 2 knights
- 9 pawns

## Pieces moves

### The King

### The Queen

### The Bishop

### The Rook

### The Knight

### The Pawn

Moves 1 step forward to an adjacent cell (2 steps possible if first move)

Captures forward in diagonal i.e. similar color cell (see red circles below).

## Features

2 steps move for pawns (start): yes.

"En passant" capture: yes.

Stalemate is not a draw but is counted less than checkmate.

Castling: yes.