Tri-Chess
Invented by 12-year old Eva Hintz
 

At the age of 12, Eva and her two younger brothers were avid chess players. They loved playing together, but it was a constant problem that one of the three of them had to be left out. Eva wanted to come up with a solution to this exclusion and find a way for the three of them to play the classic board game all together. Out of this sibling dilemma arose a challenging, three person game called Tri-Chess. 

Eva’s Tri-Chess closely resembles traditional chess, but she modified it slightly so that more people can play. The players sit on the three sides of a triangular board, where they each have the same number of chessmen to do their bidding as they would in regular chess. The object of the game is still to protect the king, and each of the pieces is subject to the same rules about how many spaces they can move and in which direction. Because chess is a timeless game with many aficionados, Eva recognized that the rules did not need much tinkering.

Including three players makes Tri-Chess fun for a bigger crowd, while also introducing a new element of strategy. Forcing players to anticipate simultaneously the movements of two opponents, Tri-Chess will provide a constant challenge while also making sure everyone has a blast!

Winner of BKFK’s 2006 Connecticut Invention Convention.