Answers.Body: <p>According to me yes, 3-check does help you improve your normal chess to some extent.</p>
  <p>Here's why:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>You need to look for some long variations to see and prevent any further checks by the opponents.</li>
  <li>Second is that you learn about king safety which is very important in normal chess. You learn not to expose your king in the game.</li>
  <li>You learn some specific variations which might help you in gaining an advantage over your opponent in the opening. This is again similar to the normal variant of chess.</li>
  <li>In order, to defeat your opponent you need to give 3 checks. To do that, you need to develop your pieces. This way, you learn to develop your pieces.</li>
  <li>Plus, you need to defend very tightly if your king is open. This improves the defending skills of a player.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>But playing a lot of 3-checks is usually not good for normal chess. <em>By playing a lot</em>, I mean you are not giving time to normal chess.</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Normal variant requires studying endgames which is usually not seen in the 3-checks variant.</li>
  <li>Normal chess requires studying/analyzing a lot of variations with the help of engines.</li>
  <li>Normal chess usually doesn't end <em>quickly</em> if I talk about some high-level games.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>The main reason why it probably improves your normal chess is that it's format is similar to that of normal chess unlike other variants like atomic.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Does a variant called 3-check, where you have to check the opponent 3 times to win, actually improve your train of thought and analysis of normal chess, or is it close enough to normal chess to actually help you?</p>
  
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Title: Does 3-check help you in any way for normal chess?
ThreadText: # Does 3-check help you in any way for normal chess?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-24)
  
  Does a variant called 3-check, where you have to check the opponent 3 times to win, actually improve your train of thought and analysis of normal chess, or is it close enough to normal chess to actually help you?
  
  **Tags:** chess-variants, check
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-03-24. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  According to me yes, 3-check does help you improve your normal chess to some extent.
  
  Here's why:
  
  * You need to look for some long variations to see and prevent any further checks by the opponents.
  * Second is that you learn about king safety which is very important in normal chess. You learn not to expose your king in the game.
  * You learn some specific variations which might help you in gaining an advantage over your opponent in the opening. This is again similar to the normal variant of chess.
  * In order, to defeat your opponent you need to give 3 checks. To do that, you need to develop your pieces. This way, you learn to develop your pieces.
  * Plus, you need to defend very tightly if your king is open. This improves the defending skills of a player.
  
  But playing a lot of 3-checks is usually not good for normal chess. *By playing a lot*, I mean you are not giving time to normal chess.
  
  * Normal variant requires studying endgames which is usually not seen in the 3-checks variant.
  * Normal chess requires studying/analyzing a lot of variations with the help of engines.
  * Normal chess usually doesn't end *quickly* if I talk about some high-level games.
  
  The main reason why it probably improves your normal chess is that it's format is similar to that of normal chess unlike other variants like atomic.
  
  
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