Chess type game for three players

Claim 1

A CHESS-TYPE GAME FOR THREE PLAYERS CONSISTING OF (A) A GENERALLY HEXAGONAL BOARD, SAID BOARD INCLUDING THREE EQUAL DIAMOND SHAPED PORTIONS, EACH DIVIDED INTO AN EQUAL NUMBER OF RANKS AND FILES HAVING BILATERALLY ALTERNATING COLOURED SPACES, THREE BORDER ZONES OF ABOUT THE SAME WIDTH AS A FILE, EACH SAID BORDER ZONE RUNNING FROM A POINT OF THE HEXAGON BOARD AND BORDERING THE SIDES OF TWO OF THE FIELDS, AND A CENTER SPACE, THE BORDER ZONES BEING DIVIDED INTO ALTERNATING COLORED SPACES TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATING COLOR SPACE BETWEEN THE RANK END SPACES OF THE BORDERED DIAMOND PORTIONS, AND CENTER SPACE ALSO BEING COLORED TO ESTABLISH ALTERNATION WITH ADJACENT AND CONTIGUOUS SPACES, AND (B) THREE SETS OF CHESS PIECES, EACH HAVING AN EQUAL NUMBER OF CORRESPONDING PIECES AND EACH SET HAVING FROM 18 TO 19 PIECES, WHICH INCLUDE: NINE PAWNS, AND FROM 9 TO 10 OTHER PIECES.