Aliya Explains Chess Variants: THREE CHECK CHESS

Three Check Chess is a chess variant in which you will have to keep your king even safer than in regular chess!

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BY ALIYA SALDANHA-SURI
NYC LAB MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES
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Three Check Chess variant is the fifth of fifteen variants in our special article series focusing on other chess playing games. Chess variants are one of the most enjoyable parts of chess. Whether you’re goofing off with your friends, playing by yourself on a computer, or even competing in a chess variant tournament. Chess variants offer many different ways to have fun playing chess and improve in different aspects of the game.

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THREE CHECK CHESS

Three Check Chess is a chess variant in which you will have to keep your king even safer than in regular chess! Since your opponent will be trying to check you as many times as they can, you will both have to try to keep your king safe while going for strategic ways to check the opponent king.

How to win the game: The game is won either when a player checks their opponent three times, or checkmates their opponent.

Rules: All chess rules apply.

Specific rules: If one player happens to double check the other, that only counts once towards the three check counter, not twice.