Chess for three people

Some time ago I played checkers for three and enjoyed it. As far I know, there exists a version of chess on a similar board. I was unable to find a working online server for it. Would you try such chess variety if it was available? What do you think about this type of chess game?

The book Chess Eccentricities by Major George Hope Verney contains descriptions of several forms of Chess for three players played on modified boards of square cells, similar to the Chinese "Game of Three Kingdoms" San Kuo Ch'i.

And, of course, hexagonal chess lends itself very naturally to games for three players. So there are many such games.

But I think that finding three players is much harder than finding two, and the fact that the game basically involves two players choosing to combine against a third in its first phase makes the game unappealing to many.

quadibloc, combining against the third player is not as effective as it seems to be. In the checkers variant that I played, the center was split in such a way that one part of your board is facing one opponent and the other part is facing another opponent. Also you can prohibit explicit cooperation. Finding three opponents online wouldn't be as difficult, because on some servers they manage to offer bughouse chess which requires four players.

4-player chess is awesome. It is played on a 10x10 square with each starting position normal but set on a 3x8 rectangle centered on each side. When you checkmate someone, you get all his/her remaining pieces!  (except the king). You also get your vanquished foe's turn, which makes for some very convoluted thinking on your opponents' part if they are to be successful. Usually, the remaining two players join forces for mutual survival against the player with two turns, but even so, the first player to checkmate another player usually wins.

have you seen this? 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_variant

pretty much every variation under the sun!

There is three player chess available online.