I play all three, but western chess the most seriously.
Chess Triathlon
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A great and exciting idea.
Albert_Lee wrote:
Chess, Xiangqi, and Shogi belong to three separate branches of the chess family. There are no other traditional chess variants that are as distinct from each other as these three.
I wonder how many people here play all three of these games. For those who do, what do you think about a chess triathlon where players compete against each other in all three games? It would a great test of mind power where you have to strategize in three different ways! It should be a very fun and exciting tournament.
I've searched the World Wide Web, but there doesn't seem to be a tournament like this anywhere in the world.
So... basically chessboxing minus boxing, plus Xiangqi and Shogi?
Feb 1, 2023
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I came up with this idea today, and searching "Chess triathlon" brought me here, to realize it had already been thought of! A great idea. I think it would be especially challenging and interesting if, as in chessboxing, you cycled through the three different versions mid-game on a certain time schedule, rather than doing one complete game after another.
That said, I play chess actively, know the rules of but am terrible at Xiangqi, and am quite intimidated by Shogi.
I'm interested in XiangQi and Shogi lately.
It shoud be fun, I like the idea.
The point is:
Altought it is impossible to swim and run and ride a bike at the same time, it is possible to consider playing three boardgames at the same time.
So, does the players shoud play each game one after the other or playing the three games at the same time ?
Also, just as there are different triathlon distances, there can be different Tria-Chess (we got the name !) formats.
For instance :
Mini (sprint) :
A miniChess variant (which one ?) ; miniXiangQi ; miniShogi
at Blitz Time Control
Traditional (long distance) :
Traditional games of Chess ; XiangQi ; Shogi
at Rapid Time Control
Ironmind (ironman) :
A large Westen Chess variant like Metamachy ; a large XiangQi variant which yet have to be invented, Chu Shogi.
at Classicl Time Control
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Chess, Xiangqi, and Shogi belong to three separate branches of the chess family. There are no other traditional chess variants that are as distinct from each other as these three.
I wonder how many people here play all three of these games. For those who do, what do you think about a chess triathlon where players compete against each other in all three games? It would a great test of mind power where you have to strategize in three different ways! It should be a very fun and exciting tournament.
I've searched the World Wide Web, but there doesn't seem to be a tournament like this anywhere in the world.