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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

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

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][ page needed][ non-primary source needed]

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 Archived 2018-11-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)

Bibliography

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