Millennium 3D Chess Millennium 3D Chess Millennium 3D Chess is a three-dimensional chess variant created by William L. D'Agostino in 2001 which employs three vertically stacked 8×8 boards, with each player controlling a standard set of chess pieces. The inventor describes his objective as "extending the traditional chess game into a multilevel environment without distorting the basic game." Millenium 3D Chess retains almost all the rules of standard chess, with additions made for the extra dimension. The three board levels are denoted "1", "2" (the middle board), and "3". Moves are recorded in the same manner as chess, using algebraic notation, with the
John Littlewood (chess player) siblings. He did not start playing chess until he was 13, when he was introduced to the game by a friend. He kept on losing to his friend, so he went into the school library and checked out every single chess book. He then read a lot of chess tactics, and eventually beat his friend. At 16 he had improved and joined the local chess club. As he had not played that many people, he was surprised when he found he could beat everyone in the club. At this point he became very keen on the game. While at Sheffield