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Chess for three, which summarily describes Wellisch' three-player chess and dozens of other three-player chess variants (triangular, hexagonal, quadrilateral, and others) Green Chess is a free online chess portal where you can play the Gliński, McCooey, Shafran, Brusky and de Vasa variations in a turn by turn manner
Shafran's hexagonal chess: Chess on an irregular hex board of 70 cells. Same as Gliński's Hexagonal Chess, but differs by starting position, pawn first-move options, pawns capturing forward diagonally, and castling. Invented by Grigorevich Shafran (1939). Strozewski's hexagonal chess: Chess on a square-shaped board of 81 hex cells. King and ...
This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order.Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin.For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines, see List of chess openings; for a list of chess-related games, see List of ...
Three-player chess (also known as three-handed, three-man, or three-way chess) is a family of chess variants specially designed for three players. [1] Many variations of three-player chess have been devised. They usually use a non-standard board, for example, a hexagonal or three-sided board that connects the center cells in a special way. The ...
Three-man chess gameboard and starting position [a] Three-man chess is a chess variant for three players invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1984. [1] [2] The game is played on a hexagonal board comprising 96 quadrilateral cells. Each player controls a standard army of chess pieces.
This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code classification system.The chess openings are categorised into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken up into one hundred subcategories ("00" through "99").
Triangular chess gameboard and starting position. Triangular chess is a chess variant for two players invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986. [1] [2] The game is played on a hexagon-shaped gameboard comprising 96 triangular cells. Each player commands a full set of chess pieces in addition to three extra pawns and a unicorn.
Rhombic chess is a chess variant for two players created by Tony Paletta in 1980. [1] [2] 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.