Hey Lads!
Was in Prague last weekend, lovely place... Anyhow...
There was a fantastic selection of chess sets in so many shops,
But one in particular cought my eye (I didn't buy it though).
I can't even remember how to describe it, but it had 3 sets of pieces - on a Hexagonal board - at least I think it was Hexagonal!? All facing into the centre, the squares crossed each other in a very interesting way - The bishops (for example) reached the centre via they're own diagonal, then had different paths to take form there - absolutely bizzare!
Has anyone ever seen or played on one of these? Thoughts?
J
I invented a superior version of three player chess last weekend and named it "Flaccid Chess". It differs from the traditional game in that all the knights face backwards instead of forwards. I have patented Flaccid Chess and no-one is allowed to play it without paying me royalties at the rate of 5 pence a move (castling to count as two moves). Spectators need to buy a special licence for £10, which lasts a whole year and allows them to watch any number of Flaccid Chess games.
Although only three days old, the Flaccid Chess Organisation already has 43,000 members (*) and has held tournaments in all the major cities of the world with many thousands of participants (**).
We are hoping to secure the services of Yao Defen (http://tinyurl.com/ybp775) as the Chief Tournament Controller.
(*) Members, sounds a bit rude, doesn't it?
(**) A percentage (***) of these were cardboard cutouts.
(***) 99.99% to be exact.
!!!!! STOP PRESS !!!!!
A Flaccid Chess World Championship Match between those great rivals Alexander Alekhine, José Capablanca and Efim Bogoljubov will almost certainly take place next year. My business partners have invested nearly $15 to ensure that this match happens. Although I haven't managed to secure any of the players' signatures so far, none of them has said that they won't play.
When asked for a statement, Efim joked (*) "When I am Black I lose because I am Bogoljubov, when I am White I lose because I have been dead for 54 years... Where's the beer?"
(*) Via a ouija board
There is another interesting 3 person chess variant out there played on a toroidal board. The rooks can circle endlessly, and the bishops make a beautiful arc. It would definitely appeal to mathmaticians. By the description though, the actual chess play sounded clumsy to me.
http://www.3manchess.com/
There is 4 player chess also. I played online vs a computer. It's complicated but I wipped the computer!
2 players per team and the board is like this:
1 normal board and then attach 2 ranks to each edge.The pieces go on the 2 extra ranks for each side.
I can't remember the website address. someone had posted it here several months ago.
Originally posted by ChessJesterInteresting game, it's very difficult to keep an eye on three sets of pieces at the same time! Having said that, the computer on that site plays very weakly and it's very easy to win.
play 4-player here!
http://www.pathguy.com/chess/FourChss.htm