An Indian Institute of Technology Alumnus has reinvented how the chess game is played by developing a Three-player chess game board. Aditya Nigam, a BTech from 2014 batch, has brought this unique experience through his gaming start-up for the first time to his alma mater. Called Triwizard Chess, this is India’s first chess for three players and is a strategy game that tests one’s survival and killer instincts, at once. One player can checkmate two players at a single time.
The IIT Roorkee recently hosted a Chess tournament featuring this Triwizard Chess in which more than IIT Roorkee students participated.
The first prize was given to Nitin Kumar, followed by second prize to Amit Bendkhale and third to Vivek Verma. The chief guest for the occasion was Prof Vinay Pant, chairman, Sports Council, IIT Roorkee.
Speaking about the game, Nigam said: “Triwizard Chess is simply a chess game but for three players with none of the original rules altered and exact same pieces for each player. This has helped me in shaping this startup very well. The user's response is phenomenal and their feedback has been very encouraging.”
His first startup was financial technology-based app named Passbrook. Aditya has been playing and practicing chess since he was five years old. The game gets more intense than regular Chess. Triwizard chess is not only a game but an art which makes your concentration and focus level high. It even helps you to patiently focus on each and every task. While playing either traditional chess or the Triwizard chess, player needs to have a high amount of concentration and focus. This eventually results in the overall development of an individual.
Nigam credits his strategic thinking to chess. With three players involved, one has to struggle with two minds instead of one. The rules are alike as traditional chess game.
The rules follow that white plays first thereafter the next turn comes of grey and later on the black turns clockwise.