Cross Chess in Cross Chess from Gliński's and Shafran's hexagonal variants, resulting in move possibilities more akin to standard chess. (E.g., a bishop has six diagonal move directions in Glinski's hex chess, whereas a Cross Chess bishop has four directions; a rook has six directions in Glinski's, whereas along ranks and on the Cross Chess board, it has four.) As with hex-based boards, three cell colors are used, but same-color cells highlight horizontal ranks on the Cross Chess board, not diagonals. The diagram shows the starting setup. Special rank and diagonal paths determine how pieces move, as described below. Check, checkmate, and
Horizontal escalation only work if the Soviet Union's military reached a ceiling or peak to their Military buildup. While the Soviet Union continued to deny any limits on how large their military could grow, the United States kept building its military with Ronald Reagan's five-year plan and the U.S combined both horizontal escalation and Reagan's five-year plan in attempts to cap the Soviet Union's military growth. This would put a cap on the Soviet Union's military, once their military became spread out and an enormous amount of money was added by the Soviet Union to move and deploy more troops. Horizontal targets