Triangular chess

Triangular chess refers to a group of chess variants played on boards composed of triangular cells.

This article is about chess variants with triangular cells. For Dekle's variants with triangular cells, see Triangular Chess.
Triangular Chess and Tri-Chess gameboard and starting position

The best known is a chess variant for two players, Triangular Chess, invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986.[1][2] Dekle made another variation including fairy pieces which is called Tri-Chess. These two two-player games were included in World Game Review No. 10 edited by Michael Keller.[3]

Guide to Ilshat Tagiev's three-player chess (click image for extensive pdf rules tutorial) (in Russian)

Russian Ilshat Tagiev, who introduced a "neutrality rule" to three-player chess in the mid-2000s,[4][5] took out a patent for a three-person variant of triangular chess on a hexagonal board in 2009.[6]

See also

References
  1. Pritchard (1994), pp. 321–22
  2. Pritchard (2007), p. 213
  3. Keller (1991)
  4. Sohail (2016)
  5. Interesting Engineering (2017)
  6. Patent number 86486 – Шахматная игра (Chess game) – Ilshat Tagiev (in Russian)

Bibliography

  • Interesting Engineering (2017). "Three Player Chess is Just as Crazy As it Sounds". InterestingEngineering.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Cited in: .
  • Keller, Michael, ed. (June 1991). "A Panorama of Chess Variants". World Game Review. No. 10. Michael Keller. ISSN 1041-0546.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Pritchard, D. B. (1994). The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Games & Puzzles Publications. ISBN 0-9524142-0-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Pritchard, D. B. (2007). Beasley, John (ed.). The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. John Beasley. ISBN 978-0-9555168-0-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sohail, Umer (2016). "Three Player Chess Is Now A Reality". WonderfulEngineering.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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