3-Player Chess

Ever since I heard about this, I've wanted to play it. Sadly, 3-player chess is not yet popular. But even when hearing of it the first time, we immediately realize what a great concept it is. Obviously, 3-player chess is a much more intellectual and challenging game than the normal game boards.


General Rules of the Game are:

1. The players take turns clockwise. The right of the first move is determined randomly.
2. The player who makes first check-mate wins.
3. The pawns move straight forward. Accordingly half of the pawns goes to the right, and the other half goes to the left.

Getting confused with how to move your pawns? Let's take a closer look at the chess board.


We can see that there are still 8 rows and columns, with just the sizes of the squares different from each other to accommodate the shape of the board. Your chess pieces will still move according to their roles: the knight still goes on its "L" jump, the rook still goes straight, the bishop still on its diagonal plight, and nothing new with the King, Queen , and pawns.

You just need to take care not to be confused when you're at the center. Take a look at these images on the right. When at the center, don't be distracted with the distorted shapes of the squares. The pawn, for example, moves forward by advancing on the square that is in front of it (follow the green arrow), and can eat the other pieces diagonally (the red arrows).

You might also get confused with the center when moving your bishop. See the picture on the right and follow the path of the bishop. When looking at it closely, and connecting the squares with one another, it really is just like 2-player chess. The distorted square may get in the way of visual tactics.

It's fun, right? It could even be more fun when two of the players have the same desire to crush the third player. The third player is undoubtedly doomed. There's no way out when the other two players are onto you... < evil laugh > ... It can be funny for the two players, though. They'll have some fun time thinking over what to do to check-mate the third player. That's got to take some mental power sharing.

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