Introduction to Triangulation
Triangulation is an extra challenging 3-Army Chess Variant for 2 or 3 players. In this strategic battle, a player melees to capture the opponent’s General(s) while avoiding capture. The Game is played on a triangular board made up of 64 black and white triangles.
Triangulation is played on triangles instead of squares to simplify the direction of each player’s movement. There are a total of 27 playing pieces divided into 3 sets, 1 set for each army. Each set has 9 playing pieces consisting of 1 General, 1 Cavalry, 2 Rukhs, and 5 Infantry. Each of the 4 different pieces of each player moves in distinctive ways, similar to the corresponding pieces in chess. Each army is represented by the different colours Red, Green, and Blue.
A round of play consists of the Red player making the first move, followed by the Green player, with the Blue player (3 - Players) making the third and final move. This sequence of moves continues until only 1 General remains or a Draw is called.
The playing pieces of Triangulation are based on the original chess versions from India and Persia. Triangulation uses the ancient strategy game army divisions labelled as Infantry, Cavalry, Chariotry (called a Rukh in Persian chess), General, Elephantry, and King. These playing pieces respectively became the Pawn, Knight, Rook, Queen, Bishop, and King in the Middle Ages for the popular game of Chess as we know it today. Each army has 9 playing pieces consisting of 5 Infantry (pawn), 2 Rukhs (Persian for chariot - rook), 1 cavalry (knight), and 1 General (queen/king). Each of these different playing pieces moves similarly as in the game of Chess.
Infantry can only move forward over a side of a triangle and attack over a corner. The Rukh can move over the side over a number of adjacent triangles. The General is allowed to move to any adjacent triangle over a triangle's side or corner. When A General is captured all the remaining pieces of a defeated General become the assets of the capturing player and can be used as their own.
Since the Calvary has an issue moving in an L-shape over triangles a new sequence was developed. A Calvary piece must move in a straight line either 2 or 3 triangles alternating moving over a triangle side, then a corner, and last over a side, or moving over a triangle corner, side, corner.
In a 2-Player game, the 3rd Army is neutral and out of play until the 3rd General is captured by either player. Once captured the remaining playing pieces of the neutral army become allies for the capturing player.
One can find further clarification about Triangulation in the Rules & Regulations
