Rhombic chess

Rhombic chess is a chess variant for two players created by Tony Paletta in 1980. The gameboard has an overall hexagonal shape and comprises 72 rhombi in three alternating colors. Each player commands a full set of standard chess pieces.
The game was first published in "Chess Spectrum Newsletter" 2 by the inventor. It was included in "World Game Review" No. 10 edited by Michael Keller.
Game rules.
The diagram shows the starting setup. As in standard chess, White moves first and checkmate wins the game. Piece moves are described using two basic types of movement:
Parachess.
Circa 2000, Paletta created Parachess using the same board geometry but introducing additional ways to move:
These ways to move are highlighted on the board by same-colored cells.
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