Comments on Star-trek Chess multi-dimention. there picture at http://www.beyond-science? »
April 2, 2009
mikerigel @ 1:39 pm
A variant possibly similar to Star Trek ’s Tri-Dimensional Chess is seen in Legend of the Galactic Heroes, a Japanese science fiction novel. Another SF 3D chess game is Cheops or Pyramid chess, mentioned in the Dune novels of Frank Herbert, which has the object of simultaneously placing one’s opponent in checkmate and one’s own Queen at the apex of the pyramidal board.
Isaac Asimov’s science fiction short story A Perfect Fit refers to a 3D chess game which is effectively eight chessboards stacked upon each other, making the playing area cubic rather than square (i.e., exactly one dimension more than ordinary 2D chess).
Millennium 3D Chess* is a similar 3D chess variant which is also played on three standard 8 by 8 chess boards (3×8x8). Millennium 3D Chess* rules were written with the objective of extending the traditional chess game into a multilevel environment without distorting the basic game. To this end, Millennium 3D Chess* has not “created” new chess rules, but instead extended the traditional rules to allow for multiboard play. Other than the concept of moving between chess boards (levels), all traditional two (2D) chess rules apply. A free PDF copy of the rules can be downloaded from Millennium 3D Chess* Rules.
Another variant of 3D chess is that simulated by the 3dchess program for GNU/Linux. This variant is played on three standard 8×8 boards, stacked vertically.
Comments on Star-trek Chess multi-dimention. there picture at http://www.beyond-science? »
A variant possibly similar to Star Trek ’s Tri-Dimensional Chess is seen in Legend of the Galactic Heroes, a Japanese science fiction novel. Another SF 3D chess game is Cheops or Pyramid chess, mentioned in the Dune novels of Frank Herbert, which has the object of simultaneously placing one’s opponent in checkmate and one’s own Queen at the apex of the pyramidal board.
Isaac Asimov’s science fiction short story A Perfect Fit refers to a 3D chess game which is effectively eight chessboards stacked upon each other, making the playing area cubic rather than square (i.e., exactly one dimension more than ordinary 2D chess).
Millennium 3D Chess* is a similar 3D chess variant which is also played on three standard 8 by 8 chess boards (3×8x8). Millennium 3D Chess* rules were written with the objective of extending the traditional chess game into a multilevel environment without distorting the basic game. To this end, Millennium 3D Chess* has not “created” new chess rules, but instead extended the traditional rules to allow for multiboard play. Other than the concept of moving between chess boards (levels), all traditional two (2D) chess rules apply. A free PDF copy of the rules can be downloaded from Millennium 3D Chess* Rules.
Another variant of 3D chess is that simulated by the 3dchess program for GNU/Linux. This variant is played on three standard 8×8 boards, stacked vertically.