Three Player Chess

This post is a little different than our standard posts based around the latest news and technology. As a person who has loved Chess since I was a small boy, I was astounded to learn that 3 man chess was now widely being used and bought. In line with Yourgadgetnow’s philosophy of promoting our products in posts, I thought I would talk about why 3 player chess is a must for any chess player.

The introduction of a third player dramatically alters the style of play for anyone playing 3 man chess. Many chess openings are useless due to the extended board and third player. Each player must think twice as far ahead—anticipating the moves of both opponents, with the added complexity that the next player may move to attack either opponent.

If a player trades off pieces with a second player, the third player benefits. Therefore, players become more reluctant to make trades.

The introduction of the ‘extra’ move by the third player can introduce situations of deadlock. If a white piece is undefended and simultaneously attacked by both black and red pieces. Black cannot take the white piece, since Red would then capture the black piece next turn. Thus the black and red pieces are both simultaneously attacking the white piece and defending it from attack by the other player. In similar situations, a piece can move quite safely to a square where it is attacked by both opponents, since neither opponent would take the piece and risk capture by the third player.

Where the third player loses as well as the checkmated one, players must concentrate not only on their own attack and defense, but also they must run a strategy of running the two opponents from checkmating one another. A player can take advantage of one opponent’s position to checkmate the other. However, you must be careful that the third player does not checkmate first. White could checkmate Red, only to have his piece captured by a black piece, which checkmates Red. White would therefore lose since Black delivered the final checkmating move. This strategy also applies to games which give the checkmating player command of the checkmated opponent’s pieces – a player who allows the second player to checkmate the third would surely go on to lose due to the increased power of his remaining opponent, now armed with the third player’s pieces.

In having the extra player, Chess becomes a much more complicated game and therefore moves you into a new dimension of playing. Yourgadgetnow are currently selling the round board version of 3 man chess at https://yourgadgetnow.com/product/3-man-chess/.

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