Duck Mask

How does the bishop move through the center?

I see three black squares with their corners touching.

Does it get to choose?

-Jeff

The link goes to a post explaining all the moves, with pictures of possible paths. Yes, the bishop can choose which direct path to take through the center.

This is a fantastic idea.

I own one of these boards, and playing on it is a complete mindfuck... at least for the first few games. It's a lot harder, and a lot of fun.

I have had that exact same board for years and years, and my dad, my brother and I have never managed to finish a game. We all find it confusing around the middle ...

Chess variants are like any other type of knockoffs, dull and lifeless when compared to the REAL thing.

My brother has one of those. The strategical part is really interesting : since the first one to checkmate any opponent wins, if you are about to do so, the third opponent is going to team up with the would-be-checkmated to save themselves. Tricky, but it goes for a well balanced game.

Try it with "Tempete sur l'echiquier" (http://www.chessvariants.com/cards.dir/tempete.html, "Knightmare Chess" for the English version of the game) Headache incomimg!

Amateurs! Now THIS is chess!

No, Alex; that's not chess. It's insanity.

cOOlest stuff I've ever seen!!

where can i get one of these
im seriosly interested and cant find one anywhere ? please mail me back

3 Player Chess is so much fun, I bought mine here: 3 Way Chess

A genius thing!
It works perfectly (although indeed a little confusing, for beginners in Geometry ...), and it keeps unaltered all the rules of covnventional chess, that is, you don't have to learn much thing new (besides not to get dizzy with the understanding of the M. C. Escher (see Wiki ...) craziness of the looks of it :D

Wonderful! Can hardly wait to try it. I think I'll have to make one out of paper, so as to try, cause I won't buy it for now ... (No money :( ...)

This is idiot thing to vicious people.

They should get this game online on yahoo or something. Itd be amazing!!