Three player chess game

Abstract

A chess board game and set accommodates three players rather than the traditional two players, and includes three sets of contrasting game pieces movably disposed upon the surface of a game board subdivided into triangular shaped sections of contrasting appearance. The chess board game set includes a six-sided game board having a plurality of triangular-shaped game-piece movement sections displayed upon a top surface thereof The number and type of game pieces is modified to accommodate the optimal shape of the board, as play starts with the each of the three players pieces disposed in the first two rows adjacent to each of the three equal, but shorter sides of the game board. The other three sides of the game board are also of equal length, and interposed to alternate with the shorter side such that each short side is parallel to an opposing long side across the playing board. The King pieces of the opposing player may be taken or captured in place by being placed in checkmate. Upon capture of the first King, the remaining play pieces of that first losing participant revert to the capturing player for use against the remaining player.

1 . A chessboard having six sides and adopted for competitive play between three players in which three shorts sides are defined by seven adjacent triangular spaces, and three long sides of 13 triangular spaces is interposed between each of said three short sides:  
   
   
       2 . A 3-person chess board game consisting of: 
 a) a six sided game board having three short sides of equal length interposed between each of three longer sides of equal length in which each short side is parallel to a long side on the opposite side of said board, the board further comprising a plurality of triangular-shaped game-piece movement sections displayed upon a top surface of said game board; and    b) game pieces movably disposed upon said six sided game board, said game pieces include three sets of contrasting appearance, 
 i) each of said sets including nine pawns, two knights, one bishop, one queen, two rooks, and one king.  
   
   
   
       3 . A 3-person chess board game as described in  claim 2 , wherein said six sided game board includes three game-piece starting position areas disposed in each of said three short sides thereof, each of said game-piece starting position areas including sixteen game-piece movement sections which are arranged in two rows.  
   
   
       4 . A 3-person chess board game as described in  claim 3 , wherein said two rows of each of said game-piece starting position areas include a first row having seven of said game-piece movement sections disposed at a short side of said game board and also include a second row adjacent to and parallel to said first row having nine of said game-piece movement sections.  
   
   
       5 . A 3-person chess board game as described in  claim 2 , wherein each of said sets of game pieces is set up upon a respective said game-piece starting position area with said king, said queen, said bishop, said knights, said rooks being movably disposed upon said first row and with said pawns being movably disposed upon said second row.  
   
   
       6 . A 3-person chess board game consisting of: 
 a) a six sided game board having a plurality of triangle shaped game-piece movement sections displayed upon a top surface of said six sided game board, said six sided game board including; 
 i) three game-piece starting position areas disposed in corners thereof, each of said game-piece starting position areas including sixteen game-piece movement sections which are arranged in two rows, each of said two rows of each of said game-piece starting position areas including; 
 (1) a first row having one of seven of said game-piece movement sections disposed at a respective side of said six sided game board, and also including,  
 (2) a second row having nine of said game-piece movement sections; and  
 
   b) game pieces movably disposed upon said six sided game board, said game pieces including, 
 i) three sets of said game pieces with each said set including nine pawns, two knights, one bishop, one queen, two rooks, and one king,  
 ii) each of said sets of game pieces being set up upon a respective said game-piece starting position area with, 
 (1) said king, queen, bishop, knights and rooks being movably disposed upon said first row, and with  
 (2) said pawn being movably disposed upon said second row each of said pawns being adapted to move toward an opposite side of said six sided game board and to move initially upon one or two of said game-piece movement sections and upon said game-piece movement sections one at a time thereafter, each of said pawns capable of diagonally capturing said game pieces of the other players,  
 (3) each of said bishop being adapted to move upon any number of unoccupied said game-piece movement sections in a direction perpendicular to any said side of said six sided game board,  
 (4) each of said knights being adapted to move upon two of said game-piece movement sections in a direction perpendicular to any said side of said six sided game board, and being adapted to move upon one of said game-piece movement sections at right angles to said perpendicular direction, and being adapted to jump over one's other said game pieces,  
 (5) each of said rooks being adapted to move upon any number of unoccupied said game-piece movement sections in a direction parallel to any side of said game board,  
 (6) each said queen being adapted to move upon any number of unoccupied said game-piece movement sections in a direction either parallel or perpendicular to any said side of said game board,  
 (7) each said king being adapted to move in any direction upon said game-piece movement sections one at a time, and is adapted to move upon two unoccupied said game-piece movement sections in a direction parallel to any side of said game board.  
 
   
   
   
       7 . A method of playing a 3-person chess board game comprising: 
 a) providing a six sided game board having a plurality of triangle-shaped game-piece movement sections displayed upon a top surface of said six sided game board and game pieces, said game pieces including; 
 i) three sets of said game pieces, with each said set including  
 ii) nine pawns, two knights, one bishop, one queen, two rooks, and one king,  
 iii) said six sided game board including three game-piece starting position areas disposed on each of three sides of equal length of said game board, each of said game-piece starting position areas including sixteen game-piece movement sections which are arranged in two rows, said two rows of each of said game-piece starting position areas including a first row having seven of said game-piece movement sections disposed at the side of said six sided game board, and also including a second row having nine of said game-piece movement sections;  
   b) setting each of said sets of game pieces upon a respective said game-piece starting position area with said king, said queen, said bishop, said knights and said rooks being movably disposed upon said first row and with said pawns being movably disposed upon said second row;    c) moving each of said pawns toward an opposite side of said six sided game board and initially onto one or two of said game-piece movement sections and onto one of said game-piece movement sections one at a time thereafter; 
 diagonally capturing said game pieces of the other players by said pawns;  
   d) moving said bishop onto any number of unoccupied said game-piece movement sections during a singular move in a direction perpendicular to any side of said six sided game board;    e) moving said knights onto two of said game-piece movement sections during a singular move in a direction perpendicular to any said side of said six sided game board and moving said knights onto one of said game-piece movement sections during a singular move at right angles to said perpendicular direction wherein said knights may pass over another player's said game pieces;    f) moving said rooks onto any number of unoccupied said game-piece movement sections during a singular move in a direction parallel to any side of said game board;    g) moving said queens onto any number of unoccupied said game-piece movement sections during a singular move in a direction either parallel or perpendicular to any said side of said game board; and    h) moving said kings in any direction onto said game-piece movement sections one at a time, and moving said kings onto two unoccupied said game-piece movement sections during a singular move in a direction parallel to any side of said game board.    
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7  further comprising capturing an opposing players pieces by taking turns among three players, wherein a player captures another players game piece by moving it's own player onto a game -piece movement section occupied by another players.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising; 
 a) causing another player to lose a consecutive turn by placing one or more game pieces in locations causing the King piece of the said another player to be at the risk of immediate capture independent of any permissible movement at the players next turn.    b) removing, by the other player on the next available turn, a play piece from the game board until that player is able to move the King to a position in which it is not at risk of immediate capture by an opposing player.    
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 7  further comprising: defeating at least one opposing player by capturing the King of the opposing player.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 7  further comprising: winning the game by capturing the King of the remaining opposing player.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 7  further comprising; 
 a) capturing the King of a first opposing player,    b) removing said captured King from the game board;    c) moving the play pieces of the captured King that have remained on the playing board against the remaining player.