Tri-chess

This article is about the three-player variant by Dekle. For Dekle's two-player variant, see Triangular Chess § Tri-chess.
For three-player chess variants in general, see Three-player chess.
Tri-chess gameboard and starting position. In the diagram, chancellors are represented by rook and knight combined; cardinals are represented by bishop and knight combined.

Tri-chess is the name of a chess variant for three players invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986.[1][2] The game is played on a board comprising 150 triangular cells. The standard chess pieces are present, minus the queens, and plus the chancellor and cardinal compound fairy pieces per side.

Tri-chess was included in World Game Review No. 10 edited by Michael Keller.[3]

  1. ^ Pritchard (1994), p. 323
  2. ^ Pritchard (2007), p. 333
  3. ^ Keller, Michael, ed. (June 1991). "A Panorama of Chess Variants". World Game Review. No. 10. Michael Keller. ISSN 1041-0546.