Method And Apparatus For Playing A Chess-Like Game

A game apparatus, comprising:

• a housing having a top wall and a bottom wall parallel to said top wall, said housing having a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of side walls extending between said top and bottom walls, respectively, so as to define an interior area;
• a battery and a processor in data communication with said battery, said battery and said microcontroller situated in said interior area;
• a plurality of first input buttons positioned on said front wall and in data communication with said processor;
• a plurality of second input buttons positioned on said rear wall and in data communication with said processor;
• a plurality of first game pieces each having a first indicia;
• a plurality of second game pieces each having a second indicia, said second indicia being different from said first indicia;
• wherein said top wall includes a game board having indicia indicative of a game board;
• wherein said plurality of first game pieces are initially positioned on said game board opposite said plurality of second game pieces;
• a first display in communication with said processor for displaying numeric indicia when energized;
• a second display in communication with said processor for displaying numeric indicia when energized;
• wherein said processor is in data communication with said plurality of first input buttons and with said plurality of second input buttons and is operable to increment said first display and said second display, respectively, according to detecting a push of one of said plurality of first input buttons and said plurality of second input buttons, respectively.