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Triangular chess (game)
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<p>Triangular chess is a <a href="/facts/Chess_variant/rEorcucE">chess variant</a> for two players invented by <a href="/facts/George_R._Dekle_Sr./SaApfzFP">George R. Dekle Sr.</a> in 1986. The game is played on a <a href="/facts/Hexagon/DPzuCzWE">hexagon</a>-shaped <a href="/facts/Board_game/ctkuzWJU">gameboard</a> comprising 96 <a href="/facts/Equilateral_triangle/MJomsYDS">triangular</a> cells. Each player commands a full set of <a href="/facts/Chess_pieces/gV1yydvk">chess pieces</a> in addition to three extra <a href="/facts/Pawn_(chess)/Xk3E1UIN">pawns</a> and a <i><a href="/facts/Fairy_chess_piece/eCFMrkJa">unicorn</a></i>. </p><p>Triangular chess and its variation tri-chess were included in <i>World Game Review</i> No. 10 edited by Michael Keller. </p>