In school, as my personal project for the myp, I am making a chessboard
that can be assembled into a three-player chessboard. For the purposes of
research, I would appreciate it if some of you (or just one person), who
have experience in/with three-player chess, could answer a few questions.
NOTE: This will be cited as a web interview.
1. What type of three-player boards/chess-variations do you have experience
with?
2. Have you played three-player chess?
3. If so:
a) How long did the game(s) take (on average)?
b) Did two players team up?
c) Did it seem like the winner deserved the win? If not, why?
d) Was it fun?
4. What was the most confusing part (if any) about the changes made to
accommodate the third player?
5. Did you find any new rules interesting?
6. Did you feel as though the rules or board should have been a bit
different? Why?
7. Were there any general issues with the rules/design-of-the-board?
8. What do most three-player variations say would happen in the following
scenario: Q2 = player one's Queen,N1 = player two's Knight,K3 = player
three's king. Q2, N1, and K3 are placed in a row. Player one moves their
knight. It is check on player three, but it is player two's turn. Player
two captures player three's king (?).
So my question is, would player three lose, would player one have to keep
their knight there or would player two not be allowed to take the king
before a proper checkmate?
9. Any other comments?
As I said earlier, the chessboard I am going to make will be like the
traditional one at first but will be "assembled" into a three-player
chessboard. Thus, the design of the three-player is different from other
three-player variations of chess. However, I could not add a picture of it
in this comment.