ThreeChess - three player chess

[rrachkov]

What do you think about this project? It is available on Three player chess. Do you think it has future? And what do you think about the rules?

[hgm]

Mult-player variants are no good, because it is always fatal to engage an opponent. You just sit and wait untile the otopponents have decimatedeach other, and then yoy collect an easy win. So it a bit like a game where you have only two move: pass or resign.

IMO only Crazyhouse-type games, where you get in hand what you capture, are suitable for multi-player.

[Nettogrof]

I agree about the fact you just have to wait...
But if it was suicide( aka "anti-chess") rules instead, it could be fun

[Don]

Mult-player variants are no good, because it is always fatal to engage an opponent. You just sit and wait untile the otopponents have decimatedeach other, and then yoy collect an easy win. So it a bit like a game where you have only two move: pass or resign.

IMO only Crazyhouse-type games, where you get in hand what you capture, are suitable for multi-player.

3 or more player games never appealed to me as intellectual challenges because they are more about social interactions. Much of the skill can easily be negated when players partner up, even if this is not explicitly done.

This element of the game might make the game more appealing to certain personality types and less appealing to others.